BANCROFT  LIBRARY 

O 

THE  LIBRARY 

OF 

THE  UNIVERSITY 
OF  CALIFORNIA 


WALTER  WADSWORTH   BRADLEY 

1878-1950 

Walter  W.  Bradley  was  born  in  San  Jose  and 
received  the  degrees  of  B.S.  and  E.M.  from 
the  University  of  California.  From  1912  to 
1946  he  was  associated  with  the  California 
Division  of  Mines,  serving  as  State  Mineral- 
ogist for  the  last  eighteen  years  of  that  period. 
His  published  works  relate  to  mining,  proc- 
essing, and  geology.  This  book  is  from  his 
private  collection,  presented  to  the  Bancroft 
Library  by  Mrs.  Alice  Roberts  Bradley. 


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DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  INTERIOR 

UNITED  STATES  GEOLOGICAL  SURVEY 

GEORGE  OTIS  SMITH,  DIRECTOK 


WATER-SUPPLY  PAPER  274 


SOME  STREAM  WATERS  OF  THE 
WESTERN  UNITED  STATES 

WITH  CHAPTERS  ON 

SEDIMENT  CARRIED  BY  THE  RIO  GRANDE  AND  THE 
INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION  OF  WATER  ANALYSES 

BY 

HEKMAN  STABLER 


Analyses  of  river  waters  by  chemists  of  the 
United  States  Reclamation  Service 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT    PRINTING    OFFICE 
1911 


DEPARTMENT  OF  THE  INTERIOR 

UNITED  STATES  GEOLOGICAL  SURVEY 

GEORGE  OTIS  SMITH,  DIRECTOR 


WATER- SUPPLY  PAPER  274 


SOME   STREAM  WATERS  OF   THE 
WESTERN  UNITED  STATES 

WITH  CHAPTERS  ON 

SEDIMENT  CARRIED  BY  THE  RIO  GRANDE  AND  THE 
INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION  OF  WATER  ANALYSES 

BY 

HERMAN)  STABLER 


Analyses  of  river  waters  by  chemists  of  the 
United  States  Reclamation  Service 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT    PRINTING    OFFICE 
1911 


676" 


BANCROFT 


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ERRATUM. 

The  first  formula  on  page  179  should  be: 
Na  =  .41  HCO3+.83  CO3+.71  C1  +  .52  SO4-(1.25  Ca  +  2.06  Mg) 


American  River  near  Fairoaks,  Cal 12 

Animas  River  near  Durango,  Colo 13 

Belle  Fourche  River  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak 15 

Belle  Fourche  River  at  diversion  dam  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak..  18 

Bighorn  River  near  Fort  Ouster,  Mont 19 

Boise  River  near  Boise,  -Idaho 21 

Carson  River  near  Hazen,  Nev 23 

Colorado  River  near  Yuma,  Ariz 25 

Elm  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Mangum,  Okla 28 

Feather  River  near  Oroville,  Cal 36 

Gallinas  River  near  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex 38 

Gila  River  near  San  Carlos,  Ariz i 40 

Grand  River  near  Kremmling,  Colo 42 

Grand  River  near  Palisade,  Colo 44 

Green  River  near  Green  River,  Wyo 46 

Green  River  near  Jensen,  Utah 47 

Gunnison  River  near  Whitewater,  Colo .' 49 

Hondo  River  near  Roswell,  N.  Mex 51 

Link  River  near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg 53 

Little  Colorado  River  near  Holbrook,  Ariz 55 

Little  Colorado  River  near  Woodruff,  Ariz 56 

Malheur  River  near  Vale,  Oreg 57 

Milk  River  near  Havre,  Mont 59 

Missouri  River  near  Williston,  N.  Dak 60 

North  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Granite,  Okla 61 

North  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Headrick,  Okla 68 

North  Platte  River  near  Fort  Laramie,  Wyo 74 

Owens  River  near  Round  Valley,  Cal 76 

Owens  River  near  Tinemaha,  Cal 78 

Palouse  River  near  Hooper,  Wash 80 

Payette  River  near  Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho 82 

Pecos  River  at  Carlsbad,  N.  Mex 83 

Pecos  River  near  Dayton,  N.  Mex 86 

Pecos  River  near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex 88 

Pit  River  near  Bieber,  Cal 90 

Puta  Creek  near  Winters,  Cal 92 

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4  CONTENTS 

Some  stream  waters  of  the  western  United  States — Continued. 
Results  at  sampling  stations — Continued. 

Redwater  River  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak 94 

Rio  Grande  River  near  El  Paso,  Tex 96 

Rio  Grande  River  near  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex 102 

Sacramento  River  near  Red  Bluff,  Cal 106 

Sacramento  River  at  Sacramento,  Cal 109 

Salmon  Creek  near  Malott,  Wash Ill 

Salt  River  near  Roosevelt,  Ariz 112 

Salt  Fork  Red  River  near  Mangum,  Okla 115 

San  Francisco  River  near  Alma,  N.  Mex 118 

Sapello  River  near  Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex 120 

Shoshone  River  near  Cody,  Wyo .- 122 

Stony  Creek  near  Fruto,  Cal 124 

Truckee  River  near  Derby,  Nev _. 125 

Tuolumne  River  near  La  Grange,  Cal 127 

Turkey  Creek  near  Olustee,  Okla 129 

Verde  River  near  McDowell,  Ariz 131 

Yellowstone  River  near  Billings,  Mont 134 

Yellowstone  River  near  Glendive,  Mont 135 

Yuba  River  near  Smartsville,  Cal 137 

Summary ' 139 

Miscellaneous  analyses 141 

Analyses  of  suspended  matter 150 

Sediment  carried  by  the  Rio  Grande 151 

Basic  data 151- 

Tabulated  estimates 151 

Theoretical  extension  of  estimates 161 

Accuracy  of  data  and  estimates 162 

Rock  matter,  soil,  and  sediment 164 

The  industrial  application  of  water  analysis 165 

The  analysis 165 

Soap-consuming  power 168 

Water  softening 169 

Boiler  waters 171 

Foaming  and  priming 171 

Corrosion 173 

Scale  formation : 1 75 

Irrigating  waters 177 

Applications - 180 

Index..        .....  183 


SOME  STREAM  WATERS  OF  THE  WESTERN  UNITED 

STATES. 


By  HERMAN  STABLER. 

[Analyses  by  chemists  of  the  United  States  Reclamation  Service.] 


INTRODUCTION. 

HISTORY  OF  THE  INVESTIGATIONS. 

A  systematic  study  of  the  waters  likely  to  be  utilized  on  the  Recla- 
mation Service  projects  was  made  in  order  to  determine  the  influence 
of  the  salinity  of  the  waters  on  the  growth  of  vegetation  and  the 
effect  of  suspended  matter  in  silting  canals  and  reservoirs. 

The  work  was  begun  early  in  1905,  under  the  direction  of  Thomas 
H.  Means,  engineer,  and  was  continued  during  1906  and  until  May, 
1907,  under  the  direction  of  W.  H.  Heileman,  engineer.  The  analy- 
ses were  made  in  a  laboratory  established  at  quarters  provided  by 
the  University  of  California  at  Berkeley,  Cal.,  by  C.  H.  Stone,  P.  L. 
McCreary,  F.  M.  Eaton,  O.  J.  Hawley,  W.  C.  Riddell,  F.  T.  Berry, 
II.  A.  Burns,  J.  H.  Hampson,  J.  A.  Pearce,  and  M.  Vaygouny,  the 
greater  part  of  the  work  being  that  of  the  first  five  named.  C.  H. 
Stone  was  chemist  in  .charge  at  the  beginning  of  the  investigations 
and  is  chiefly  responsible  for  the  plan  of  the  analytical  work  and  the 
methods  of  analysis. 

The  results  of  the  investigations  were  prepared  for  publication 
under  instructions  from  F.  H.  Newell,  Director  of  the  United  States 
Reclamation  Service,  by  Herman  Stabler,  assistant  engineer,  who 
assembled  and  checked  the  analyses,  compiled  the  accompanying 
stream-flow  data  from  records  of  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey,  and  computed  daily  discharge  of  suspended  matter  and 
dissolved  solids,  under  the  supervision  of  D.  W.  Murphy,  engineer 
in  charge  of  Washington  office  engineering. 

COLLECTION  OF  SAMPLES. 

Samples  were  collected  for  an  extended  period  at  55  stations,  located 
for  the  most  part  at  established  gaging  stations  of  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  in  order  that  stream-flow  data  concurrent  with  the 
analyses  might  be  obtained. 

The  general  plan  of  sample  collection  provided  for  the  taking  of  4 
ounces  of  water  each  day  at  each  of  the  regular  stations.  The  point 

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6  SOME   STKEAM   WATERS  OF   THE  WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 

of  collection  was  selected  with  a  view  to  obtaining  a  fair  average  sam- 
ple of  the  water  flowing  in  the  stream,  and  occasionally  samples  were 
taken  from  different  parts  of  the  cross  section  in  order  to  determine 
any  possible  local  variation  in  quality  of  water.  The  general  plan 
could  not  be  followed  absolutely,  and  the  records  show  numerous  gaps 
caused  by  noncollection  of  samples,  loss  of  samples  in  transit,  or  by 
other  reasons. 

The  results  of  the  work  are  here  presented  in  alphabetical  order  by 
stream  names  and,  under  the  stream  names,  by  station  names.  The 
following  lists  classify  the  stations  by  drainage  basins  and  by  States. 

Sampling  stations,  by  drainage  basins. 

Colorado  River  basin : 

Colorado  River  near  Yuma,  Ariz. 
Green  River  near  Green  River,  Wyo. 

Jensen,  Utah. 
Grand  River  basin : 

Grand  River  near  Kremmling,  Colo. 

Palisade,  Colo. 

Gunnison  River  near  Whitewater,  Colo. 
San  Juan  River  basin : 

Animas  River  near  Durango,  Colo. 
Little  Colorado  River  near  Holbrook,  Ariz. 
Woodruff,  Ariz. 
Gila  River  basin : 

Gila  River  near  San  Carlos,  Ariz. 

San  Francisco  River  near  Alma,  N.  Mex.  • 

Salt  River  basin — 

Salt  River  near  Roosevelt,  Ariz. 
Verde  River  near  McDowell,  Ariz. 
Columbia  River  basin : 
Snake  River  basin: 

Boise  River  near  Boise,  Idaho. 
Malheur  River  near  Vale,  Oreg. 
Payette  River  near  Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho. 
Palouse  River  near  Hooper,  Wash. 
Okanogan  River  basin: 

Salmon  Creek  near  Malott,  Wash. 
Great  Basin : 

Carson  River  near  Hazen,  Nev. 
Truckee  River  near  Derby,  Nev. 
Owens  River  near  Round  Valley,  Cal. 

Tinemaha,  Cal. 
Klamath  River  basin  : 

I. ink  River  near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg. 
Mississippi  River  basin: 
Missouri  River  basin: 

Milk  River  near  Havre,  Mont. 
Yellowstone  River  basin: 

Yellowstone  River  near  Billings,  Mont. 
Glendive,  Mont. 


COLLECTION   OP   SAMPLES. 

Mississippi  River  basin — Continued. 
Missouri  River  basin — Continued. 

Yellowstone  River  basin — Continued. 
Bighorn  River  basin: 

Bighorn  River  near  Fort  Custer,  Mont. 
Shoshono  River  near  Cody,  Wyo. 
Cheyenne  River  basin-: 

Belle  Fourche  River  at  county  bridge  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 
diversion  dam  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 
Red  water  River  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 
Arkansas  River  basin: 

Canadian  River  basin: 

Sapello  River  near  Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex. 
Red  River  basin: 

Salt  Fork  of  Red  River- 
Salt  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Mangum,  Okla. 
Turkey  Creek  near  Olustee,  Okla. 
North  Fork  of  Red  River: 

North  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Granite,  Okla. 

Headrick,  Okla. 
Elm  Fork  near  Mangum,  Okla. 
Rio  Grande  basin: 

Rio  Grande  near  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex. 

El  Paso,  Tex. 
Pecos  River  basin: 

Pecos  River  near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex. 
near  Dayton,  N.  Mex. 
at  Carlsbad,  N.  Mex. 
Gallinas  River  near  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex. 
Hondo  River  near  Roswell,  N.  Mex. 
Sacramento  River  basin: 

Sacramento  River  near  Red  Bluff,  Cal. 
at  Sacramento,  Cal. 
Pit  River  near  Bieber,  Cal. 
Stony  Creek  near  Fruto,  Cal. 
Feather  River  basin: 

Feather  River  near  Oroville,  Cal. 
Yuba  River  near  Smartsville,  Cal. 
American  River  near  Fairoaks,  Cal. 
Puta  Creek  near  Winters,  Cal. 
San  Joaquin  River  basin: 

Tuolumne  River  near  La  Grange,  Cal. 

Sampling  stations  and  streams,  by  States. 
Arizona : 

Holbrook,  Little  Colorado  River. 
McDowell,  Verde  River. 
Roosevelt,  Salt  River. 
San  Carlos,  Gila  River. 
Woodruff,  Little  Colorado  River. 
Yuma,  Colorado  River. 
California: 

Bieber,  Pit  River. 
Fairoaks,  American  River. 
Fruto,  Stony  Creek. 


8          SOME   STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

California — Continued. 

La  Grange,  Tuolumne  River. 

Oroville,  Feather  River. 

Round  Valley,  Owens  River. 

Red  Bluff,  Sacramento  River. 

Sacramento,  Sacramento  River 

Smartsville,  Yuba  River. 

Tinemaha,  Owens  River. 

Winters,  Puta  Creek. 
Colorado: 

Durango,  Animas  River. 

Kremmling,  Grand  River. 

Palisade,  Grand  River. 

-Whitewater,  Gunnison  River. 
Idaho : 

Boise,  Boise  River. 

Horseshoe  Bend,  Payette  River. 
Montana: 

Billings,  Yellowstone  River. 

Fort  Custer,  Bighorn  River. 

Glendive,  Yellowstone  River. 

Havre,  Milk  River. 
Nevada: 

Derby,  Truckee  River. 

Hazen,  Carson  River. 
New  Mexico: 

Alma,  San  Francisco  River. 

Carlsbad,  Pecos  River. 

Dayton,  Pecos  River. 

Las  Vegas,  Gallinas  River. 

Los  Alamos,  Sapello  River. 

Roswell,  Hondo  River. 

San  Marcial,  Rio  Grande.  . 

Santa  Rosa,  Pecos  River. 
North  Dakota: 

Williston,  Missouri  River. 
Oklahoma: 

Granite,  North  Fork  of  Red  River. 

Headrick,  North  Fork  of  Red  River. 

Mangum,  Elm  Fork. 

Mangum,  Salt  Fork  of  Red  River. 

Olustee,  Turkey  Creek. 
Oregon : 

Klamath  Falls,  Link  River. 

Vale,  Malheur  River. 
South  Dakota: 

Belle  Fourche,  Belle  Fourche  River  at  county  bridge. 

Belle  Fourche,  Belle  Fourche  River  at  diversion  dam. 

Belle  Fourche,  Redwater  River. 
Texas: 

El  Paso,  Rio  Grande. 
Utah: 

Jensen,  Green  River. 


METHODS   OF   ANALYSIS.  9 

Washington : 

Hooper,  Palouse  River. 

Malott,  Salmon  Creek. 
Wyoming: 

Cody,  Shoshone  River. 

Fort  Laramie,  North  Platte  River. 

Green  River,  Green  River. 

In  addition  to  the  analyses  of  samples  taken  at  these  regular 
stations,  many  analyses  were  made  of  samples  collected  from  various 
miscellaneous  sources.  The  results  of  these  miscellaneous  analyses 
are  tabulated  under  appropriate  headings  on  pages  141  to  149. 

PLAN  OF  ANALYTICAL  WORK. 

Equal  volumes  of  the  individual  samples  were  united  to  form  com- 
posite samples  representing  the  average  quality  of  the  water  of  each 
stream  for  a  week.  The  weekly  samples  were  analyzed  quantitatively 
for  total  solids,  dissolved  solids,  and  the  carbonate,  bicarbonate, 
and  chlorine  radicles,  and  qualitatively  for  the  sulphate  .radicle. 
Remainders  of  the  weekly  composites  were  combined  in  sets  of  four 
representing  the  collections  for  a  month.  The  monthly  composites 
thus  obtained  were  analyzed  quantitatively  for  dissolved  solids  and 
the  calcium,  magnesium,  sodium  and  potassium,  carbonate,  bicar- 
bonate, sulphate,  chlorine,  and  nitrate  radicles.  The  suspended 
matter  from  the  monthly  composites  for  some  streams  was  accumu- 
lated and  analyzed.  Variations  from  the  regular  plan  of  analytical 
work  are  shown  by  the  dates  of  samples  in  the  tables. 

METHODS  OF  ANALYSIS. 

The  analyses  are  reported  in  milligrams  per  liter,  a  unit  which  for 
little-mineralized  water  is  practically  synonymous  with  parts  per 
million  and  which  was  selected  because-  it  can  more  accurately  repre- 
sent the  high  mineral  content  of  such  waters  as  are  found  in  some  of 
the  western  streams. 

Of  the  weekly  composites  50  cubic  centimeters  was  taken  and  total 
solids  were  determined  by  evaporating  to  dryness  on  a  steam  bath, 
drying  for  one  hour  at  110°  C.,  cooling  in  a  desiccator,  and  weighing. 
Solids  were  estimated  on  both  filtered  and  unfiltered  samples,  and  the 
difference  between  the  two  determinations  was  tabulated  as  sus- 
pended matter.  Of  the  monthly  composites  200  cubic  centimeters 
of  filtered  water  was  taken  for  the  dissolved  solids  determination. 

Great  difficulty  was  experienced  in  securing  clear  filtrates  for  the 
determination  of  dissolved  solids  and  the  radicles  because  of  the  great 
quantity  of  very  fine  material  carried  in  suspension  by  many  of  the 
streams.  For  the  first  few  months  a  filter  pump  was  used  success- 
fully and  then  the  Shinier  method0  was  adopted,  the  procedure  being 

a  Jour.  Am.  Chem.  Sec.,  Mar.,  1905. 


10       SOME   STREAM   WATE&S   OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 

about  as  follows:  A  Swedish  filter  paper,  beaten  to  a  pulp  in  a  paraffin 
vessel  with  hydrochloric  and  hydrofluoric  acids  and  washed,  was  spread 
on  a  felt  pad  placed  in  the  bottom  of  a  long  cylindrical  glass  tube 
tightly  fitted  to  a  suction  flask.  The  sample  to  be  filtered  was  placed 
in  the  cylindrical  tube  and  suction  applied.  When  sufficient  filtrate 
had  been  obtained  the  filter  was  washed  with  distilled  water  to  prepare 
it  for  the  next  sample. 

Carbonate,  bicarbonate,  and  chlorine  radicles  were  in  general  de- 
termined as  follows:  Fifty  cubic  centimeters  of  the  filtered  sample 
was  placed  in  a  dish,  phenolphthalein  indicator  added,  and  titration 
made  with  sodium  acid  sulphate  solution  to  the  end  point;  methyl 
orange  indicator  added  and  titration  continued  to  a  second  end  point ; 
potassium  chromate  indicator  added  and  titration  with  silver  nitrate 
made  to  a  third  end  point.  The  titrations  with  sodium  acid  sulphate 
furnished  data  for  the  calculation  of  carbonate  and  bicarbonate 
radicles  and  the  titration  with  silver  nitrate  furnished  data  for  the 
calculation  of  the  chlorine  radicle.  In  analyzing  some  of  the  more 
concentrated  waters  less  than  50  cubic  centimeters  of  water  was  used. 

Calcium,  magnesium,  sodium  and  potassium,  and  sulphate  radicles 
were  determined  gravimetrically  by  the  methods  of  Fresenius.  In  a 
few  analyses  separation  of  sodium  and  potassium  was  made  gravi- 
metrically. The  figure  representing  sodium  and  potassium  together 
was  obtained  by  calculating  the  weight  of  their  combined  chlorides  to 
sodium.  The  result  is  in  reality  the  amount  of  sodium  plus  three- 
fourths  the  potassium,  and  is  so  reported  in  the  tables.  Where  sodium 
and  potassium  were  separated  these  bases  are  reported  in  terms  of  per 
cent  of  (Na  +  fK). 

The  nitrogen  and  other  determinations  of  sanitary  analyses  were 
made  in  accordance  with  the  standard  methods  of  the  American 
Public  Health  Association. 

Special  methods  of  analysis  were  used  from  time  to  time,  and  for  the 
Colorado  at  Yuma  the  methods  used  by  Forbes a  in  previous  work  on 
this  stream  were  adopted.  These  methods  differed  from  those  used 
on  other  streams  as  follows :  All  evaporations  were  made  in  porcelain 
instead  of  silver  or  platinum,  the  liquid  was  measured  in  a  pipette 
instead  of  a  flask,  the  dissolved  solids  were  determined  on  the  clear 
supernatant  liquid  after  standing  several  days  instead  of  on  a  filtered 
portion  of  the  sample,  and  100  cubic  centimeters  was  used  for  the 
solids  determinations  instead  of  50  cubic  centimeters. 

ACCURACY  OF  WORK  AND  TABLES. 

The  partial  analyses  of  weekly  composites  have  been  checked  as  far 
as  possible  and  the  qualitative  determinations  of  sulphates  and  all 
apparently  erroneous  values  have  been  omitted. 

a  Forbte,  R.  II.,  The  river  irrigating  waters  of  Arizona:  Bull.  44,  Univ.  Arizona  Agr.  Exper.  Sta. 


ACCURACY  OF  WORK   AND  TABLES. 


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As  the  remainders  of  the  weekly  composites  used  for  the  monthly 
composites  were  not  united  in  equal  parts  or  in  proportion  to  stream 
flow,  the  analytical  results  may  not  represent  with  great  accuracy  the 
mean  quality  of  the  water  or  the  quality  of  the  mean  flow.  The 
monthly  analyses  are  therefore  presented  in  terms  of  per  cent  of  dis- 
solved solids,  for  the  percentage  composition  varies  little  with  changes 
in  stream  flow.  The  per  cents  are  not  intended  to  indicate  the  per- 
centage composition  of  the  dissolved  solids  but  are  merely  ratios, 
expressed  as  per  cent,  of  the  various  radicles  to  the  dissolved  solids 
determinations.  The  actual  quantities  in  milligrams  per  liter  of  the 
various  radicles  may  be  estimated  by  applying  the  tabulated  per  cents 
to  the  mean  of  the  dissolved  solids  results  of  the  weekly  analyses  for 
any  period.  In  the  summary  (pp.  139-140)  the  quantities  of  radicles 
in  milligrams  per  liter  were  obtained  by  such  a  calculation,  the  mean 
dissolved  solids  from  the  monthly  analyses  being  taken  as  a  basis  of 
computation. 

The  accuracy  of  the  monthly  analyses  has  been  checked  by  com- 
paring the  sum  of  the  radicles  with  the  total  solids  and  the  sum  of  the 
reacting  values  of  the  positive  radicles  with  the  sum  of  the  reacting 
values  of  the  negative  radicles;  apparently  erroneous  results  that 
could  not  be  corrected  from  the  original  notebooks  have  been  dis- 
carded. In  checking  by  reacting  values  it  was  found  that  most  of  the 
apparent  percentage  errors  (found  by  dividing  the  algebraic  sum  by 
the  arithmetical  sum  of  the  reacting  values)  were  less  than  the  value  of 

the  expression  3  +  -~ — , — -, — «-T-,  which  was  adopted  as  the  maxi- 
dissolved  solids 

mum  allowable  error.  The  word  " error"  is  here  applied  to  appar- 
ent lack  of  closure  in  the  chemical  system  of  dissolved  solids.  The 
so-called  error  may  result  from  undetermined  radicles  as  well  as 
from  erroneous  analytical  results. 

The  following  table  shows  the  maximum  error  allowed  by  this 
expression  for  various  amounts  of  dissolved  solids : 

Maximum  allowable  errors  in  reacting  values. 


Dissolved 
solids  (mil- 
ligrams 
per  liter). 

Error 
(per  cent). 

Dissolved 
solids  (mil- 
ligrams 
per  liter). 

Error 
(per  cent). 

80 

21.7 

360  

7.3 

90... 
100  . 

19.7 
18.0 

400.... 
450  

6.8 
6.3 

110... 
120  

130 

16.6 
15.5 
14.5 

500  
600.   ... 
700. 

6.0 
5.5 
5.1 

140  

13.7 

800.   ... 

4.9 

150 

13.0 

900. 

4.7 

160... 
180  

12.4 
11.3 

1,000.   .. 
1,200.   ... 

4.5 
4.2 

200 

10.5 

1,500 

4.0 

220  

9.8 

2,000.   ... 

3.8 

240 

9.2 

5,000. 

3.3 

260  
300  

8.8 
8.0 

7,500.   ... 
15,000.   ... 

3.2 
3.1 

12       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


The  percentage  errors  in  reacting  values  are  shown  in  the  tables  of 
the  analyses.  The  mean  of  the  errors  of  analyses  arranged  by  con- 
tent of  dissolved  solids  of  the  waters  are  given  in  the  following  table: 

Mean  errors  of  analyses  of  monthly  composite  samples. 


Dissolved  solids  in  milligrams  per  liter. 

Number  of 
analyses. 

Mean  error 
(per  cent). 

75  to  99  (mean  91)  

16 

10.0 

100  to  149  (mean  123) 

42 

7.0 

150  to  199  (mean  169)  

39 

5.9 

200  to  299  (mean  247) 

50 

4.8 

300  to  499  (mean  391) 

81 

3  7 

500  to  999  (mean  730)  .  . 

59 

2.4 

1,000  to  4,990  (mean  2,490) 

73 

1.8 

5,000  to  21,600  (mean  9,600)  

13 

1.1 

Some  idea  of  the  accuracy  of  the  individual  determinations  may  be 
gathered  by  considering  the  errors  inherent  in  the  methods  of  analysis 
employed.  Tit  rations  made  in  the  ordinary  way  are  all  likely  to  be 
in  error  by  0.05  cubic  centimeter  of  the  solution  and  weighings  are 
likely  to  be  wrong  by  at  least  0.5  milligram. 

The  following  table  shows  the  errors  thus  likely  to  be  introduced 
into  the  tabulated  analyses  for  the  amounts  of  water  and  strengths 
of  solutions  generally  used  for  the  analyses.  Errors  greater  than 
these  are,  of  course,  not  unlikely  through  blunders  in  the  analytical 
work,  the  table  showing  merely  in  a  general  way  the  minimum 
refinement  probable  in  the  work  at  Berkeley: 

Errors  likely  to  occur  in  individual  analyses. 


Determination  or  radicle. 

Assumed 
error  of 
analytical 
work. 

Quantity 
of  water 
used  (cubic 
centi- 
meters). 

Resulting 
error  in 
analysis 
(.milligrams 
per  liter). 

Suspended  matter. 

0  5  mg 

50 

10 

Do 

0  5  in<r 

100 

5 

Dissolved  solids.   . 

0  5  mg 

50 

10 

Do 

200 

2  5 

Calcium  

0  5  mg 

200 

1  8 

Magnesium 

0  5  nig 

200 

5 

Sodium  and  potassium   .                 ... 

0  5  mg 

200 

1  0 

Carbonate  a 

0  05  c  c 

50 

23-32 

Bicarbonate**  

0.05  c  c 

50 

2.4-3.3 

Sulphate.   .. 

0  5  mg 

200 

1  0 

Chlorine  « 

0  05  c  c 

50 

2  3-5  0 

a  The  range  In  resulting  errors  is  due  to  the  use  of  solutions  of  different  strengths. 

RESULTS    AT    SAMPLING    STATIONS. 

AMERICAN  RIVER  NEAR  FAIROAKS,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  American  River  at  Fair- 
oaks  Bridge,  near  Fairoaks,  CaL,  from  July  9  to  August  12,  1905, 
near  the  gaging  station  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  November  3, 1904.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 


AMERICAN    RIVER. 


13 


rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  gaging  station  have 
been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  134,  pp.  145-146;  177,  pp.  17G-178;  213,  pp.  146-147;  251, 
pp.  221-225. 

Additional  information  hi  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
American  River  is  contained  in  Water-Supply  Paper  237,  "Quality 
of  California  surface  waters,"  pages  41-43. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  American  River 
at  Fairoaks  Bridge,  near  Fairoaks,  Cal. 

[Drainage  area,  1,900  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

i 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Dates. 

1* 

O)^ 

•  «0 

CO 

1 
1 

e^ 

3 

1 

! 

So^ 

In 

a 

S 

1 
1 

SS 

offl 
fil 

sg 

II 

lo 

jj 

1 

T3 

Is 

| 

•a 

i 

P.S 

o 

1 

g 

1 

S, 

1 

6 

S2 

^ 

o 

1 

s 

i 

1 

5 

s 

1905. 

July  9,10,11,12,14,15  

0 

47 

9 

-  92 

80 

2.15 

815 

202 

176 

July  16  17  18  19 

o 

68 

16 

20 

106 

1.75 

530 

29 

152 

August  6,7,8,9,10,11,12  

0 

71 

11 

144 

116 

1.30 

295 

•115 

92 

NOTE. — Analysis  of  a  composite  of  the  17  daily  samples  collected  between  July  9  and  August  12  gives 
dissolved  solids  125  milligrams  per  liter;  and  radicles,  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids,  as  follows:  Ca,  10; 
Mg.  3.8;  Na+  JK,  18;  CO3,  0.00;  HCO3,  46;  SO*, 13;  Cl,  10;  and  NO3,  0.18;  Na  is  96  per  cent  of  the  Na+JK 
and  K  is  6.3  per  cent. 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  American  River  near  Fairoaks,  Cal. 


Month. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

3  550 

7  010 

3  750 

2  860 

4  290 

February  

4*630 

5  830 

14  400 

2  090 

6  740 

March 

6  920 

13  900 

23  900 

3  640 

12  100 

April  

7  740 

12  100 

15  600 

5  150 

10  100 

Mav 

6  720 

15  000 

12  900 

5  300 

9  goo 

June  

3  230 

15  900 

11  100 

2  780 

8  250 

July 

719 

6  180 

5  290 

970 

3  290 

August  

255 

1  010 

1  290 

250 

701 

September  

126 

433 

565 

134 

314 

October  

138 

338 

438 

446 

340 

No  vein  ber 

a  896 

181 

567 

573 

504 

544 

December  

1  400 

242 

3  900 

1  560 

641 

1,550 

The  year  

2  870 

6  850 

7  560 

2  060 

4,830 

a  November  4-30. 


ANIMAS  RIVER  NEAR  DURANGO,  COLO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Animas  River  at  a  highway 
bridge  near  Durango,  Colo.,  between  March  19  and  December  18,  1905. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  at  this  bridge  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  June  20,  1895,  and  was  discontinued  December  31, 
1905.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and 


14        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the 
Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Annual  Reports:  18,  IV,  pp.  283-285;  19,  IV,  pp.  414-415;  20,  IV,  pp.  59,  379, 

403;  21,  IV,  p.  301;  22,  IV,  p.  394. 
Bulletin  140,  pp.  198-200. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  72;  16,  p.  146;  28,  pp.  132,  139,  142,  145;  38,  pp. 

310-311;  39,  p.  452;  50,  pp.  383-384;  52,  p.  520;  66,  pp.  97,  174;  74,  p.  122; 

85,  pp.  35-37;  100,  pp.  51-54;  133,  pp.  183-186;  175,  pp.  134-137. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Animas  River 
at  highway  bridge  near  Durango,  Colo. 

[Drainage  area,  810  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

«a 

9 

fl 

&Q    ' 
&& 

1 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(C03). 

Bicarbonate  radicle 
(HC03). 

Chlorine  radicle 
(Cl). 

Suspended  matter 
(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds). 

Suspended  matter. 

co 

2 
1 

! 

1 

fl 

1905. 

March  19,20,21,22,23,24  .  .  . 
March  26  27  28,29,30,31 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
2 

12 
0 

0 
10 
5 
0 

6 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 

169 
159 
142 
142 
134 
109 
97 
84 
89 
112 
79 
131 
161 
116 
122 
116 

118 
136 

124 
167 

112 
115 
138 

84 

159 
176 

178 
187 

161 
175 

22 
22 
20 
15 
10 
13 
8 
8 
8 
10 
9 
26 
18 
20 
25 
42 

37 
30 

28 
27 

21 
24 
28 
30 

33 
30 

42 
42 

37 
36 

159 

386 
1,270 
536 
308 
176 
186 
238 
202 
176 
74 
28 
38 
78 
8 
18 

48 
42 

56 
0 

190 
106 
36 
122 

198 
36 

16 
0 

32 
.     36 

458 
388 
294 
290 
244 
226 
146 
140 
148 
194 
168 
310 
236 
308 
348 
396 

322 
346 

390 
460 

254 
318 
390 
368 

282 
460 

564 
524 

532 
452 

7.4 
7.5 

8.0 
8.6 
9.3 
9.7 
10.9 
11.7 
11.4 
9.7 
11.2 
8.0 
8.3 
7.7 
7.2 
7.0 

7.0 
7.0 

6.9 
6.8 

7.4 
7.5 
7.0 
6.9 

6.8 
6.7 

6.7 
6.6 

6.6 
6.6 

500 
525 

777 
1,270 
2,110 
2,810 
5,060 
6,500 
6,020 
3,070 
6,230 
1,470 
1,840 
1,100 
647 
490 

470 
470 

427 
359 

897 
876 
510 
395 

360 
283 

290 
240 

240 
240 

215 
547 
2,660 
1,840 
1,760 
1,340 
2,520 
4,180 
3,280 
1,460 
1,250 
111 
189 
231 
14 
24 

61 
53 

65 
0 

460 
251 
49 
130 

193 

28 

13 
0 

21 
23 

619 
550 
617 
994 
1,390 
1,720 
1,990 
2,460 
2,410 
1,610 
2,830 
1,230 
1,170 
915 
608 
525 

408 
439 

450 
446 

615 

752 
536 
392 

274 
352 

442 
339 

344 
293 

April  2  3,4,5,6,7  

April  10  11  22 

April  23,24,25,26,27,28  

April  30,May  1,2,  3,  4,5,6.... 
May  14,18,19,20,21  

May  22,23,24,25,26,27  
May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,2.. 
May  7,  8,  9,  11,  12,  June  1,  3.  . 
June  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23.... 
July  24,25,26,27,28,29  
July  30,31,  August  1,2,3,4,5. 
August  6,7,8,9,10,11  
August  13,14,15,16,17,18,19  . 
August  20,21,22,23,24,25,26  . 
August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Sep- 
tember 12 

September  3,  4,5,6,7,  8,9  
September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
1516                        

September  17,  18,  19,  20,  21, 
22,23                        

September  24,  25,  26,  27,  28, 
29,30                   

October  1  2  3,4,5,6,7 

October  8,  9,  10,11,  12,  13,  14... 
October  15,16,27,28 

October  29,  30,  31,  November 
1  2,4 

November  18,  19,  20,  21,  22, 
24,25 

November  26,  27,  28,  29,  30, 
December  1,2 

December  3,  4,5,6,  7,8,9  
December  10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
15  16 

December  17,18 

BELLE   FOURCHE   RIVER. 


15 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Animas  River  at  highway  bridge 

near  Durango,  Colo. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

W 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds)  (mil- 
ligrams per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Calcium  (Ca). 

i 

£ 

£   . 

S£ 
1| 

?« 

03 

Carbonate  (CO8). 

Bicarbonate  (HCO3). 

Sulphate  (SO4). 

c 

Nit  rate  (NO3). 

1905. 
March  19-April  28 

27 
25 
26 

+2.8 
+3.8 

328 
174 
197 

22 
22 

4.0 
5.1 
3.3 

7.0 
6.3 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

47 
61 

48 

35 
25 
26 
34 
38 
33 
37 

4.3 
6.3 
6.6 
6.7 
8.6 
8.6 
8.5 

0.08 
.02 
.07 
.05 
.05 
.07 
.07 

April  30-May  27                      

May  28-  August  5 

August  6-September  2  
Septenil>er  3  30 

27 
28 

328 
373 
408 
458 

23 

'"21 
21 

4.0 
3.0 
3.9 
3.5 

8.5 
8.0 

"s-'s" 

42 
37 
38 

October  1-November  4  

November  18-  December  16 

24 

28 

+"."7" 

Mean 

2.4 

324 

22 

3.8 

7.6 

.00 

46 

33 

7.1 

.06 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Animas  River  near  Durango,  Colo. 


Month. 

1895. 

1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

'1905. 

Mean. 

0310 

a  378 

a  179 

289 

o284 

a267 

a  133 

228 

Marc-h    * 

a  374 

a  306 

d224 

301 

April                 

b  1,630 

2,610 

1,510 

584 

335 

445 

1,460 

1,220 

May 

2,330 

4,500 

1,760 

1,730 

2,180 

1,700 

3,240 

3,890 

2,670 

June  

c646 

875 

3,220 

3,430 

1,800 

1,990 

1,180 

4,130 

6,300 

2,620 

July 

388 

349 

1,120 

1,360 

668 

409 

271 

2,450 

c453 

1,820 

929 

August  

510 

199 

534 

364 

691 

179 

273 

554 

903 

816 

502 

September.  ... 

363 

1,000 

875 

263 

276 

231 

299 

542 

738 

534 

512 

October  

307 
246 

475 
274 

1,380 
553 

161 
158 

297 
267 

252 
205 

256 

347 

1,680 
511 

522 
290 

568 
313 

December 

c25l 

c216 

430 

c250 

c212 

c272 

d339 

243 

277 

•  The  year 

1  350 

851 

549 

869 

Approximate. 


b  April  12-30. 


c  June  20-30. 


d  December  1-17. 


BELLE  FOURCHE  RIVER  NEAR  BELLE  FOURCHE,  S.  DAK. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Belle  Fourche  River  at  a 
county  bridge  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak.,  between  April  15,  1905, 
and  June  23,  1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  this  bridge 
by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  May  26,  1903,  and  was  dis- 
continued June  23,  1906.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  57-59;  130,  pp.  169-172;  172,  pp.  156-159;  208, 
pp.  128-129. 


16       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Belle  Fourche 
River  at  county  bridge  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 

[Drainage  area,  3,250  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

i 
1 

it 

I.' 

II 

-1- 

5 

6 

I 

1 

1 

1 

•S02 

02 

f 

Q 

1 

i 

i 

1905-6. 
April  15,  16,  17,  18... 

10 
27 
18 
0 
14 
12 
10 
7 
20 
12 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
0 

3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

174 
172 
187 
131 
122 
155 
159 
144 
175 
144 
138 
149 
130 
1V2 
170 
125 
138 
126 
.      139 
172 

167 
185 
229 
227 
177 
186 
166 
234 
222 
247 
208 
140 
182 
188 
172 
308 
144 
122 
153 
137 

10 
7 
13 
14 
7 
7 
14 
11 
14 
10 
8 
15 
13 
8 
14 
12 
6 
16 
8 
8 

13 
7 
8 
16 
10 
9 
11 
28 
13 
10 
11 
15 
20 
5 
5 
5 
10 
10 
10 
10 

58 
82 
58 
2,810 
986 
262 
3,270 
1,520 
86 
3,750 
6,170 
2,910 
7,120 
1,150 
1,380 
7  330 
5,230 
2,730 
3,910 
434 

1,490 
302 
140 
58 
634 
142 
484 
118 
64 
56 
156 
1,780 
752 
694 
1,150 
3,260 
3,080 
2,840 
1,940 
5,450 

1,300 
1,220 
1,290 
934 
912 
788 
844 
712 
1,100 
936 
504 
696 
522 
650 
724 
520 
492 
454 
484 
678 

836 
988 
1,040 
1,050 
880 
862 
856 
1,120 
1,040 
1,170 
1,120 
524 
780 
834 
956 
874 
624 
644 
676 
796 

1.7 
1.7 
1.6 
2.3 
2.3 
2.0 
2.3 
1.8 
1.7 
2.5 
3.2 
2.7 
3.6 
2.6 
2.3 
3.2 
3.4 
2.6 
3.8 
2.0 

.9 
.7 
.5 
.5 
.0 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.6 
3.7 
2.8 
2.6 
2.2 
3.0 
4.0 
2.9 
2.8 
3.4 

95 
85 
82 
270 
236 
142 
270 
147 
93 
382 
598 
365 
927 
360 
238 
670 
699 
379 
1,110 
165 

129 
88 
62 
63 
170 
87 
90 
90 
90 
89 
75 
923 
430 
352 
200 
656 
1,130 
445 
400 
850 

15 
19 
13 
2,050 
629 
100 
2,380 
603 
22 
3,860 
9,960 
2,870 
17,800 
1,120 
887 
13,200 
9.860 
2,790 
11,700 
194 

520 
72 
23 
10 
291 
33 
118 
29 
16 
13 
32 
4,430 
874 
670 
620 
5,780 
9,390 
3,440 
2,100 
12,500 

333 
281 
28Q 
680 
581 
302 
615 
282 
275 
965 
815 
686 
1,310 
632 
465 
940 
929 
465 
1,450 
302 

291 
234 
174 
178 
404 
201 
208 
271 
251 
282 
227 
1,300 
906 
793 
517 
1,550 
1,900 
778 
730 
1,830 

April  19,  20,  22 

April  23,  24,  25,  27,  28,  29  

April  30,  May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6     . 

May  7,  8,  10,  11,  12,  13  

May  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  . 

May  21  22  24  25  26 

May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2,  3  
June  5,  6,  7,  8  9  10 

June  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

June  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24 

June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  I.... 
July  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

July  9  10  11   12  13  14  15 

July  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  
July  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  
August  7  8  9  10  11   12 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  
August  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26  
August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September 
1,2 

September  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
September  10,  11,  12,  15,  20,  21,  22. 
September  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  29.  . 
October  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
October  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  
October  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  ... 

October  25,  31  ,  November  1,  2,  3,  4.  . 
November  6,  7,8,  9,  10,  11  

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  
November  24,  25  

\pril  1  2  3  4,  5  6,  7 

April  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

\pril  14  15  17,  18 

May  16,  18,  19  

May  20,  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26  
May  27,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2  

June  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9      

Jjme  11   12  13  15  16 

June  17,  18,  19,  20,  22,  23  

BELLE  FOURCHE   RIVER. 


17 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Belle  Fourche  River  at  county 
bridge  ncai  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 


Limiting  dates  of  coin  posit  c. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

H 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds)  (mil- 
ligrams per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Calcium  (Ca). 

Magnesium  (Mg). 

•0  + 

$£ 

.§! 

Carbonate  (CO8). 

Bicarbonate  (HCO«). 

Sulphate  (SO,)- 

c 

u 

Nitrate  (NO,). 

1905-C. 
April  15—  May  0 

20 
24 
M 

27 
27 
28 

+1.9 
-1.8 
+0.4 
-5.3 

1,160 
800 
804 
592 
546 

17 
16 
16 
14 

4.5 
4.4 
4.3 
4.2 
4.4 
4.5 
4.8 
5.0 
4.1 
4.1 
4.3 

5.9 
5.5 
7.7 
«7.3 
'  7.5 
5.5 
4.8 
5.8 
3.7 
8.7 
12 

0.00 
1.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

17 
20 
21 
27 
28 
19 
21 
19 

54 
49 
52 
47 
47 
53 
53 
48 
48 

0.84 
.96 
1.6 
2.5 
1.3 
.83 
1.5 
5.6 

0.01 
.04 
.04 
.03 
.05 
.02 
.03 
.04 

M-IY  7  -June  3                  

I  u  lie  .">  July  1 

July  "-29                         

I  ulv  :<()-  \ugust  "(I 

Vii'Mi^t  ''7  September  28 

1.020 

28 
14 
20 

946 

November  6-25 

-1.8 

1,210 
728 
689 

7NS 

15 
15 
15 

15 

\pril  1  May  19 

M-iv  '"0-June  16 

25 
6 

-4.4 
+4.0 

.00 
.00 

21 
20 

53 
51 

4.4 
3.8 

.03 
.01 

Juno  17-23  .            

Mean 

2.8 

844 

15 

4.4 

6.8 

.10 

21 

50 

2.3 

.03 

a  Sodium  is  86  per  cent  and  potassium  is  18  per  cent  of  this  amount. 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Belle  Fourche  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Belle 

Fourche,  S.  Dak. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

Mean. 

January  

a  150 

February  . 

a  150 

M  arch  

o803 

a  127 

a450 

April 

277 

88 

473 

419 

May  

373 

219 

fi06 

399 

June     . 

a  57 

1.500 

344 

594 

(24 

July  

117 

148 

531 

265 

August  . 

751 

38 

531 

440 

September 

624 

67 

77 

25(i 

October  

54 

102 

105 

87 

November 

68 

84 

76 

December  .     . 

77 

77 

Mean  

a2i3 

a  Approximate. 


81210°— WSP  274—11- 


18       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


BELLE     FOTJRCHE     RIVER    AT     DIVERSION    DAM    NEAR    BELLE 

FOURCHE,  S.  DAK. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Belle  Fourche  River  at  the 
diversion  dam  of  the  United  States  Reclamation  Service  near  Belle 
Fourche,  .S.  Dak.,  between  July  27  and  November  13,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  May  10,  1906,  below  the  diversion  dam  and  inlet  canal  of 
Belle  Fourche  project,  United  States  Reclamation  Service.  Stream- 
flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for 
that  point  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  report: 
Water-Supply  Paper  208,  pp.  129-131. 

Data  from  July,  1903,  to  June,  1906,  may  be  obtained  by  adding 
discharge  for  Belle  Fourche  and  Redwater  rivers  at  Belle  Fourche. 
See  the  following  reports : 

Annual  Reports  United  States  Reclamation  Service:  3,  pp.  488-489;' 4, 'p.  325. 
Water-Supply  Papers:   99,  pp.  57-60;  130,  pp.  169-175;  172,  pp.  156-161;  208, 
pp.  128-129,  13L-132. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Belle  Fourche 
River  at  diversion  dam  near  Belle  Fourche. 

[Drainage  area,  4,270  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

"S 

"I 

I 

1 
'•§ 

g 

I 

w 

2 
1 

S 

1 

.2 

Dates. 

gf 

2X 

1 

si 

*s 

A 

} 

1 

! 

i 

i 

•B 
I 

i 

1 

I 

1 

I 

i 

6 

6 

02 

5 

& 

* 

02 

Q 

1906. 

July  27  29  30  31,  Augusts,  4 

() 

209 

10 

26 

1,230 

1.0 

88 

6 

293 

August  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  

0 

170 

3 

:{,  ic,o 

814 

2.3 

550 

4,680 

1,210 

August  16,  17,  18 

19 

188 

5 

124 

898 

.2 

136 

46 

329 

August  19  20  21   22  23   24   25 

0 

170 

10 

1,810 

S'.I.S 

259 

1,260 

888 

August  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September  1. 

0 

219 

6 

976 

862 

.7 

2SO 

738 

652 

September  4,  5  7,8 

0 

211 

11 

108 

894 

.3 

46 

376 

September  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

0 

292 

940 

.4 

208 

164 

528 

September  16  18,  19,  21 

7 
0 
0 

173 
209 
203 

12 
5 
5 

120 
100 
22 

916 

876 
916 

.6 
.5 
.5 

27(i 
232 
213 

90 
63 
13 

683 
Ms 
528 

September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

September  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

October  7.  9,  10,  11,  12  

0 

222 

4 

16 

904 

.4 

201 

9 

491 

October  14  15,  16  17,  18.  19 

0 

L"J  1 

9 

52 

910 

.4 

208 

29 

512 

October  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  31.  . 

6 

150 

15 

26 

978 

.6 

258 

18 

681 

November  3                                     .... 

12 

187 

6 

68 

sso 

.6 

250 

46 

594 

November  4  5  6  7  9  10 

0 

216 

8 

58 

870 

.6 

247 

39 

581 

November  11  12  13 

14 

183 

15 

890 

1.6 

247 

594 

BKillOKX    RIVER. 


19 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Belle  Fourchc  River  at  diversion 

near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 


. 

I 

i 

Radicl 

es  inp 

er  ccn 

of  dls 

solved 

solids 

1 

«i 

&   ' 

» 

u> 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 
t 

ber  of  daily  ! 

OT   l_ 

|& 

fl 

it 

"o? 
g 

lesium  (Mg) 

|| 

i 

i 

a  r  b  o  n  a  1 

cncoo- 

0 

•o 

2§ 
p 

g 

te  (NO,). 

E 

| 

i* 

i 

i 

0 

_© 

£ 

X 

W 

« 

5 

a 

'A 

« 

V 

9 

fc 

1900. 

July  27-August  25  

21 

+3.4 

968 

18 

5.0 

5.0 

0.00 

19 

52 

1.5 

0.01 

Aimiist  '_Vi  September  21 

22 

+4.1 

970 

18 

4.9 

4.8 

.00 

22 

48 

1.0 

.02 

September  23-October  19  

25 

+3.5 

920 

20 

4.9 

2.9 

.00 

23 

48 

1.1 

.00 

October  21-November  13 

20 

+  1.9 

894 

19 

5.4 

4.7 

.00 

24 

52 

2.0 

.25 

Mean 

3.2 

938 

19 

5.0 

4.4 

.00 

22 

50 

1.4 

.07 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Belle  Fourche  River  at  diversion  dam  near  Belle 

Fourche,  S.  Dak. 


Month. 

1903.a 

1904.a 

1905.o 

1906.o 

Mean. 

January  

b  350 

February 

&350 

March... 

b  1.070 

6318 

694 

April.. 

521 

288 

692 

500 

Mav 

532 

762 

939 

744 

June       •                                            ». 

b  184 

2  670 

603 

711 

1  040 

July 

201 

338 

1  040 

148 

'432 

August  .  . 

913 

126 

789 

266 

524 

September 

915 

248 

255 

223 

410 

October 

177 

346 

401 

225 

287 

November. 

294 

529 

221 

347 

December  

329 

329 

Mean  

6501 

a  Sum  of  discharges  of  Belle  Fourche  and  Redwater  Rivers  to  May,  1906.     Values  to  September,  1905. 
taken  from  Fourth  Ann.  Rept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  325. 
b  Approximate. 

BIGHORN  RIVER  NEAR  FORT  OUSTER,  MONT. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Bighorn  River  at  a  railroad 
bridge  near  Fort  Custer,  Mont.,  between  June  10,  1905,  and  June  8, 
1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  this  bridge  by  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey  June  16,  1904.  Stream-flow  data,  includ- 
ing gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  130,  pp.  130-132;  172,  pp.  108-110;  208,  pp.  96-97;  246, 
pp.  183-185. 


20       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Bighorn  River 
at  railroad  bridge  near  Fort  Ouster,  Mont. 

[Drainage  area,  20,700  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

"3 

c 

fe 

^ 
1 

T3 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

J 
« 

1- 

SO 

gB 

1    ' 

I 
I1 

« 

1 

2. 

«5 

•£ 
o 
a 

o 

1 

E  . 
S? 

T3CO 
O  ^ 

02 

CO 

2 

1 

ii 

i 

5 

|'r 

I 
"S 
1 

Ul 

4 

2 

a 

1 

Q 

1905-6. 
June  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
9 
2 
9 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
16 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
21 
26 
0 

98 
93 
92 
90 
111 
120 
136 
145 
144 
181 
164 
174 
198 
261 
245 
277 
228 
214 
219 
231 
182 
166 
140 
166 
239 
96 
179 
43 
19 
108 

21 
13 
6 
12 
7 
21 
18 
15 
18 
18 
20 
16 
18 
28 
25 
29 
29 
29 
22 
21 
25 
23 
24 
20 
14 
5 
5 
5 
10 
10 

1,430 
2,790 
596 
218 
780 
366 
264 
2,060 
1,710 
324 
1,220 
76 
18 
24 
134 
14 
24 
82 
36 
160 
84 
814 
2,450 
930 
994 
1,060 
1,470 
2,860 
1,560 
1,180 

196 
250 
200 
202 
312 
324 
294 
460 
492 
512 
446 
540 
536 
678 
654 
710 
670 
632 
602 
544 
588 
520 
480 
522 
498 
206 
196 
202 
190 
240 

5.0 
4.7 
4.1 
3.5 
1.6 
1.2 
1.1 
0.7 
0.9 
0.9 
0.8 
0.8 
0.7 
1.3 
1.1 
3.2 
3.5 
3.7 
3.9 
3.3 
4.0 
3.7 
3.6 
3.4 
3.3 
5.0 
5.3 
6.5 
6.0 

,5 

19,700 
17,200 
13,300 
10,100 
3,620 
2,700 
2,480 
1,700 
1,980 
2,130 
1,850 
1,980 
1,700 
2,900 
2,400 
2,100 
3,300 
,000 
,400 
,200 
,900 
,100 
3,640 
3,210 
3,020 
8,300 
9,860 
15,900 
12,800 
10,200 

76,100 
130,000 
21,400 
5,950 
7,630 
2,670 
1,770 
9,460 
9,150 
1,870 
6,100 
407 
83 
188 
870 
79 
214 
886 
428 
1,810 
1,110 
9,020 
24,100 
8,050 
8,100 
23,800 
39,000 
123,000 
53,900 
32,300 

10,400 
11,600 
7,190 
5,510 
3.050 
2,360 
1,970 
2,110 
2,630 
2,950 
2,230 
2,890 
2,460 
5,310 
4,240 
4,020 
5,970 
6,830 
7,160 
6,170 
7,780 
5,760 
4,720 
4,520 
4,060 
4.620 
5,220 
8,670 
6.560 
6,600 

June  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  28,  29  

June  30,  July  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  - 

August  14,  15,  16,  17,  19  

August  20,  22,  23,  25,  26 

August  27,  28,  29,  31,  September  1,  2  . 
September  24,  25,  26,  27,  October  1,3,4 
October  5,  6,  8,  9,  10,  11,  14 

October  15,  17,  20,  22,  23,  28  

October  29,30,31,  November  1,2,3,4. 
November  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18.  .. 
December  12,  13,  14,  15,  19,  20,  21...  . 
December  24,  25,  27,  28,  29,  30  
December  31,  January  1,  2,  3  
January  7,  8,  9,  11,  12  

January  15,  22,  23,  24,  25 

January  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  2,  6  . 
February  7,  8,  9,  12,  13,  14,  15.  . 

February  16  March  2,  3 

March  4,  5,  7,  8,  9,  10  

April  4,  5,  6,  7 

April  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

April  15,  16 

May  18,  19  

Mav  20,  21,22,23,24,25,26  

May  27  28  29,  30 

May  30,  31,  June  1,  2,  3 

June  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Bighorn  River  at  railroad  bridge 

near  Fort  Ouster,  Mont. 


rf 

"p. 

"M* 

Radic 

les  in  p 

ercen 

iofdis. 

solved 

solids. 

I 

II 

/3 

IS 

0 

c3 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

'3 

Mg 

Q 

1" 

8 

C/_5 

§ 

G 

0 

1 

j 

gjjf 

g 

a 

P 

|6 

S3 

1 

o> 

B 

D 

g 

W 

CO    C 
(CO    £ 

0 

£ 

P 

a 

5 

_o, 

o 

| 

1905-6. 

June  10-July  13 

27 

+4.7 

178 

17 

4.7 

o!3 

0.00 

58 

25 

4.8 

0.05 

August  14-October  1  

23 

+3.0 

354 

17 

5.1 

14 

.00 

39 

42 

5.4 

.04 

October  5-November  11 

27 

501 

14 

5.0 

10 

.00 

38 

5.8 

.04 

November  12-January  3  

24 

-4.1 

683 

15 

4.9 

8.5 

.00 

39 

44 

4.1 

.03 

January  7-  February  15  

24 

-5.8 

r.sti 

15 

5.3 

8.4 

.00 

35 

11 

'.i.  '.) 

.01 

February  16-  April  14... 

20 

171 

17 

5.3 

11 

.00 

45 

2.0 

.04 

April  15-May  30 

15 

+S  6 

229 

18 

6.1 

11 

.00 

46 

34 

4.3 

.02 

May  30-June  8  

11 

+  1.7 

210 

14 

4.8 

11 

.00 

30 

4.2 

.01 

Mean 

4  6 

390 

16 

5  2 

11 

00 

43 

37 

5.1 

.03 

a  Sodium  is  90  per  cent  and  potassium  is  13  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


BOISE  ETVER.  21 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Bighorn  River  near  Fort  Ouster,  Mont. 


Month. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

ol,480 

"   1.    ISO 

I'Yhruarv                             

•1    I.UMI 

March                                            

ol,%0 

b  10,  500 

c  1,720 

"2,000 

April    

1,440 

3,800 

2,380 

2,740 

2,590 

May 

4,320 

8,720 

8,660 

5,620 

6,580 

June                                      .  .   '.  

d  20,  700 

17,400 

13,600 

16,700 

22,600 

18,200 

July 

12,300 

9,140 

11,000 

22,300 

14,600 

13,900 

August                             

4,580 

3,490 

6,290 

7,770 

6,230 

5,670 

September 

2,450 

a  2,  080 

3,070 

2,900 

2,770 

2,<i.r)<) 

October 

1,730 

2,200 

1,040 

2,150 

2,850 

2,110 

November                                

1,560 

1,730 

1,690 

1,700 

1,930 

1,720 

December 

ol,500 

Mean 

5,000 

•  Approximult'. 


&  March  20-31. 


March  21-31. 


d  June  16-30. 


BOISE  RIVER  NEAR  BOISE,  IDAHO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Boise  River  at  Highland, 
near  Boise,  Idaho,  between  May  26,  1905,  and  April  30,  1907.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey 
9  miles  above  Boise  December  15,  1894,  and  was  removed  to  High- 
land, 8  miles  upstream,  in  1905.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  those  points 
have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports:0 

Annual  Reports:  18,  IV,  pp.  340-344;  19,  IV,  pp.  452-454;  20,  IV,  p.  62, 

483;  21,  IV,  pp.  411-412;  22,  IV,  431-432. 
Bulletins:  131,'  p.  66;  140,  p.  236. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  81;  16,  p.  168;  28,  pp.  155, 161, 168-169;  38,  pp. 

356-357;  39,  p.  453;  51,  pp.  427-428;  52,  p.  522;  66,  pp.  128,  176;  85,  pp. 

207-209;  100~  pp.  436-439;  135,  pp.  199-202;  178,  pp.  121-123;  214,  pp. 

93-94;  252,  pp.  245-248. 


a  See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  316. 


22       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Boise  River  at 
Highland,  near  Boise,  Idaho. 

[Drainage  area,  2,610  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

4* 

1 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
feet). 

Solids     (tons 
per  day). 

a 

ft 

1 

1 

|5 

f 

1 

1    _ 

1 

i 

02 

!- 

ia 

n 

1 

i 

1 

02 

i 

1 

1 
Q 

1905-1907. 
May  26 

204 
0 
0 
130 
66 
52 
26 
60 
0 
46 
16 
8 
30 
12 
8 
2 
4 
24 
48 
30 
30 
18 
16 
68 
38 
16 
82 
72 
10 
18 
68 
74 
14 
44 
0 
300 
6 
40 
60 
60 
50 
248 
92 
134 
182 
114 
62 

136 
122 
106 
56 
66 
72 
90 
66 
106 
94 
88 
80 
50 
54 
104 
96 
94 
50 
78 
66 
68 
48 
38 
70 
52 
60 
66 
30 
122 
124 
66 
72 
92 
64 
72 
74 
80 
76 
80 
74 
100 
100 
128 
90 
84 
96 
100 

6.4 
3.7 
3.6 
8.0 
7.5 
6.6 
5.5 
4.5 
3.9 
3.6 
3.4 
3.4 
3.4 
3.3 
3.3 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.3 
3.3 
3.4 
3.5 
5.4 
3.9 
3.6 

3,430 
970 
910 
5,120 
4,290 
3,300 
2,120 
1,440 
1,150 
874 
777 
796 
766 
721 
711 
669 
625 
662 
650 
688 
700 
738 
804 
2,360 
1,140 
880 

1,890 
0 
0 
1,800 
763 
463 
149 
233 
0 
109 
34 
17 
62 
23 
15 
4 
7 
43 
84 
56 
57 
36 
35 
433 
117 
38 

1,260 
320 
260 
774 
763 
641 
516 
257 
329 
222 
185 
172 
103 
105 
200 
173 
159 
89 
137 
123 
129 
96 
83 
446 
160 
143 

July  19... 

July  28     .  . 

June  27,  28,  29,  30 

0 
12 
0 
38 
25 
0 
16 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

41 
22 
42 
13 
32 
59 
36 
72 
65 
CO 
71 
58 
68 
77 
67 
71 
63 
71 
31 
45 
51 
50 
74 
59 
56 
58 
58 
59 
57 
44 
60 
56 
41 
43 
48 
48 
48 
52 
38 
40 
43 
38 
43 
43 

10 
5 
5 
5 
5 
10 
5 
5 
12 
5 
8 
11 
5 
4 
4 
3 
5 
5 

July  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  

July  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14 

July  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  21  

July  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28 

July  29,  30,  August  1,  2,  3,  4  

August  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11. 

August  12  13,  14  15,  16,  17,  18 

August  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  

August  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  September  1 

September  2,  3,  5,  6,  8  

September  8,  10,  12,  13,  15 

September  16,  19,  20,  22  

September  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29 

October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

October  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13..     . 

October  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20 

October  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  

October  29,  30,  31,  November  1,  2,  3 

November  5,  6,  7,  9  

13 

7 
5 
7 
6 
13 
4 
2 
4 
7 
2 
9 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
8- 
5 
5 
13 
10 
5 
..„. 

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  
November  26,  27,  28,  30,  December  1 

December  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  

December  10,  11.  12,  13,  14,  15 

December  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  

December  24,  26,  27,  28,  29.  . 

December  31,  January  1 

January  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12. 

January  14  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

January  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26.. 

January  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  2 

February  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  :  

6.8 
6.3 
6.2 
6.7 
7.1 
7.0 
9.6 
8.8 
9.2 
11.2 
12.1 
11.2 

3,540 
2,920 
2,890 
3,410 
3,960 
3,750 
7,740 
6,370 
6,970 
11,400 
13,  700 
12,000 

2,870 
47 
312 
552 
C41 
505 
5,180 
1,580 
2,520 
5,600 
4,220 
2,010 

708 
630 
593 
737 
791 
1,010 
2.090 
2,200 
1,690 
2,580 
3,  .550 
3,240 

February  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  10 

February  18,  19,  20,  21,  23  

February  24,  25,  26,  27,  March  1,  2.  . 

March  456789 

March  11,  12,  13,  14,  15. 

March  16  17  18,  20,  21,  22,  23 

March  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30  

April  1  2,  3,  4,  5,  6 

April  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  .-  

April  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  22 

April  23  24  25  26,  27,  29,  30 

CARSON   RIVER. 


23 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Boise  River  at  Highland,  near 

Boise,  Idaho. 


i 

Itf 

^  9 

Radicles  (in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids). 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

ber  of  daily  sai 

ved  solids 
lligrams  per  lit 

3 

i 
1 

** 

sa 
1* 

2, 

nate  (CO3). 

arbonate 
[HC03). 

d 

w^ 

g 

5 

fc 

| 

g 

•3 

"•*  § 

* 

V 

ifl 

2, 

5 

3 

X 

H 

. 

o 

3 

I 

w'S 

3 

B 

1 

02 

° 

i 

1906-7. 

June  27-  July  21. 

24 

78 

4  2 

14 

0  00 

67 

8  7 

13 

0  00 

July  22-August  18  

27 

104 

15 

3.1 

14 

.00 

69 

4.8 

.00 

August  19-September  15 

23 

+  15.3 

92 

18 

5.6 

20 

.00 

75 

11 

7  9 

24 

September  16-October  13  

22 
24 

110 

4.1 
4.6 

19 
19 

.00 
.00 

65 
53 

13 

16 

4.5 
10 

.01 
00 

October  15-November  9    . 

+  10.3 

98 

20 

November  12-December  8 

23 

+17  2 

84 

24 

6  4 

"14 

00 

64 

20 

6  1 

00 

December  10-29... 

17 

108 

18 

2.8 

19 

.00 

16 

4.7 

00 

January  7-February  2 

24 

104 

18 

3  6 

00 

15 

7  4 

21 

February  5-March  2  

22 

+  17.2 

90 

18 

4.0 

16 

.00 

53 

11 

5.8 

.49 

March  4-30 

24 

114 

19 

3.2 

16 

00 

14 

4  6 

T 

April  1-30  

20 

88 

19 

4.0 

16 

.00 

12 

7.8 

Mean  

16.5 

97 

19 

4.1 

17 

.00 

64 

14 

7.0 

.10 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Boise  River  near  Boise,  Idaho. 


Month. 

1895. 

1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

January 

1.270 
1,230 
1.060 
3,940 
0.  030 
3,770 
2.  400 
1,030 
967 
916 
910 
797 

1,180 
1,130 
2,480 
4,750 
8.090 
22.  200 
5,530 
1,320 
951 
875 
c900. 
c850 

818 
954 
1,420 
a  8,  100 
^21,100 
7,600 
2.  310 
1.090 
1.040 
1,020 
1,080 
c  1.000 

550 
,210 
,920 
,200 
,220 
,990 
,880 
737 
652 
859 
935 
2,450 

2,  590 
1,410 
1,840 
7,100 
9,  810 
12,200 
5,740 
1,770 
1.150 
1,350 
1,500 
1,570 

2,  080 
1,810 
4,900 
6,340 
8,240 
4,990 
1,450 
793 
769 
1.060 
1,080 
1,100 

1,280 
1,760 
2,890 
5,000 
10,100 
4,790 
1,880 
846 
833 
910 
933 
1,230 

989 
1,020 
1,430 
3,560 
5,700 
4,790 
1,720 
798 
682 
735 
907 
1.020 

February  .  .  . 

March 

April... 

May 

June  

July 

August 

September 

October  

November 

December  

The  vear  

2,080 

4,190 

3,  9f>0 

2,130 

4,000       2,880 

2,710 

2,000 

Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

1,320 

820 
1,020 
1,630 
5,630 
6,900 
8,780 
2,630 
839 
685 
683 
1,220 

1,080 
1,080 
2,280 
6,380 
5,970 
5,410 
3,200 
1,050 
925 
1,100 
988 
943 

1,270 
1,460 
2,600 
6,280 
8,830 
7,940 
2,940 
1,040 
840 
930 
1,020 
1,130 

February 

1  140 

c  3,  150 
5,580 
11,200 
11,000 
8,910 
5,410 
1,640 
1,030 
932 
933 
1,030 

March... 

2,310 
7,470 
8,400 
10.000 
2,380 
854 
772 
943 
c  1,130 

4,260 
11,200 
13,400 
8,690 
3,260 
1,160 
730 
951 

d  1,770 
2,940 
3,710 
4,120 
1,270 
643 
578 
693 
684 
652 

April 

May  

June 

July  

August 

September  

October 

November  

December 

c928 

The  year 

3,010 

2,530 

3,020 

o  April  1-19.  6  May  12-31.  c  Approximate.  d  March  18-31. 

NOTE.— Gaging  station  removed  8  miles  upstream  to  Highland  early  in  1905. 

CARSON  RIVER  NEAR  HAZEN,  NEV. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Carson  River  at  the  diversion 
dam  of  the  United  States  Reclamation  Service  near  Hazen,  Nev., 
between  April  10,  1906,  and  April  15,  1907.  This  dam  is  below  the 
outlet  of  the  canal  carrying  water  from  Truckee  River  to  Carson 
River,  and  the  samples  taken  during  August,  September,  and  Octo- 


24        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


ber,  1906,  represent  a  mixture  of  the  waters  of  Truckee  and  Carson 
Rivers.  The  nearest  gaging  station  of  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  is  at  Empire,  Nev.,  about  60  miles  above  the  diversion  dam. 
The  drainage  area  at  Empire  is  988  square  miles  and  at  the  diversion 
dam  is  1,700  square  miles,  but  the  flow  is  approximately  the  same  at 
both  places.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables, 
and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  at  Empire  have  been  pub- 
lished by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports:0 

Annual  Report:  12,  II,  pp.  324-325. 

Bulletin:  140,  pp.  212-213. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  51,  p.  401;  66,  pp.  110-111,  175;  75,  p.  189;  85,  pp. 

109-111;  100,  pp.  175-177;  133,  pp.  337-339;  176,  pp.  111-113;  212,  pp. 

79-81;  250,  p.  128. 

Partial  analyses  of  water  from  Carson  River  at  diversion  dam  near  Hazen,  Nev. 
[Drainage  area,  1,700  square  miles.] 


Dates. 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 


Carbon- 
ate 

radicle 
(CO.). 


Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC03). 


Chlorine 

radicle 

(Cl). 


Sus- 
pended 
matter 
(Sm). 


Dis- 
solved 
solids 
(Ds). 


1900-7. 
April  10 
April  21 
April  28 
May  9 
May  15 
May21 
May  28 
June4 
June  11 
June  18 
June  25... 
July  2 
July  9 
July  10 
July  23 
July  28 
August  7 
August  20 
August  28 
September  3 
September  10 
September  19 
September  24 
October  1 
Octobers 
October  14 
October  22 
October  29 
November  5 
November  12 

November  19 ". 

November  26 
December  3 
Decem)>er  10 
December  17 
January  7 
January  14 
January  21 
January  28 
February  4 
February  11 
February  18 
February  24 

February  2." 

March  1  i 

April  15 


102 

73 

70 

70 

67 

61 

64 

68 

64 

48 

64 

52 

64 

51 

51 

65 

62 

102 

111 

116 

103 

112 

107 

113 

78 

124 

126 

114 

125 

116 

112 

110 

115 

122 

119 

125 

114 

120 

113 

108 


105 

74 


150 
546 
142 
352 
184 
206 
120 
154 
170 
154 
122 
130 
118 
174 
56 
954 
108 
234 
94 
84 
70 
24 
20 
4 

40 

64 

36 

40 

98 

186 

118 

10 

226 

992 

11(5 

84 

76 

82 

14 

368 

54 

74 

12 

28 

144 


196 
150 
122 
120 
154 
108 
104 
142 
144 
114 
136 
114 
118 
94 
130 
150 
156 
216 
184 
188 
170 
224 
198 
226 
202 
284 
250 
290 
244 
224 
250 
258 
246 
276 
254 
204 
230 
208 
240 
206 
186 
168 
170 
200 
180 
160 


NOTE.— Nearest  gaping  station  is  at  Empire,  Nev.;  drainage  area,  988  square  miles.  During  August, 
September,  and  October  half  or  a  less  part  of  the  discharge  of  Carson  River  at  the  sampling  station  was 
water  from  Truckee  River. 

a  See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  359;  Third  Ann.  Rept.  U.  S.  Reclamation 
Service,  p.  348. 


COLORADO    RIVER. 


25 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Carson  River  at  diversion  dam 

near  IJazen,  Nev. 


8 

i 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

4 

1 

ftl 

$   • 

1 

Dates  of  composite. 

1 

•'  t-> 

!I 

| 

5> 

a 

!T 

0 

o 

B 

1 

I 

§ 

| 

to 

>  & 

i 

Is 

Ed" 

* 
o 

1 

® 

• 

I 

W 

P 

_3 

1 

§| 

T 

1 

I 

3 

CJ 

i 

2 

1906-7. 

April  10  °1   28,  May  9  

4 
4 
4 

+  10.7 
+  5.Q 

l.V.t 
130 
133 
116 

20 
16 
19 
18 

3.6 
6.2 
4.5 
4.1 

14 
14 
14 
19 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

57 
68 
50 
56 

21 

22 

6.9 
5.3 
4.5 

0.06 
.00 

May  15  2<s  June  4  11 

May  91  June  18  25  July  2 

July  9,  'l6,  23,  Aupust  7  

4 

+  14.7 

16 

8.5 

.00 

Julv  US,  August  20,  28,  Sepiem- 
1  ier  3 

4 

176 

18 

5.3 

.00 

56 

23 

5.6 

.01 

September  10,  19,  24,  October  !  .  . 
Octobers  14  22,  29 

4 
4 

----- 

208 
276 

16 

14 

17 
14 

.00 
.00 

53 
45 

25 
30 

5.8 
7.2 

.00 
.00 

4.3 

November  5  12  19  26 

4 

+  6.4 

264 

15 

3.7 

15 

.00 

45 

27 

6.1 

.01 

I)ecember3   10  17 

3 

208 

14 

3.2 

.00 

44 

28 

5.6 

.08 

4 
4 

+  3.8 

258 
194 
208 

14 
15 

17 

3.6 
4.9 

4  2 

14 

.00 
.00 
.00 

44 

47 

29 
24 
27 

5.8 
6.7 
6.7 

.07 
.23 

Febnrirv  4   11   18  25 

3 

16 

Mean 

7.6 

199 

16 

4.3 

15 

.00 

51 

25 

6.2 

.05 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Carson  River  near  Empire,  Nev. 


Month. 

1890. 

1895. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

115 

225 

2C4 

187 

267 

477 

443 

290 

284 

February 

645 

280 

378 

792 

300 

298 

717 

257 

458 

March 

(',34 

410 

308 

1,040 

366 

452 

o791 

323 

540 

l,5f.O 

700 

618 

681 

1,090 

561 

914 

475 

825 

May 

3,480 

2,000 

1,040 

1,320 

2,010 

929 

1,940 

579 

1,660 

June 

3,140 

1,420 

1,000 

1,410 

1,850 

728 

2,240 

&2,270 

433 

1,610 

July  

Au'Tist 

2,  IfiO 

750 

802 

119 

4(8 
128 

170 
19 

279 
20 

638 
139 

95 

7 

1.800 
418 

2,910 
5(i9 

112 

47 

949 
225 

September  

144 

192 

39 

15 

15 

82 

6 

101 

223 

62 

86 

October 

154 

70 

113 

54 

49 

420 

46 

172 

205 

104 

139 

Novemlxjr  

304 

109 

197 

160 

221 

207 

78 

262 

244 

133 

198 

December 

211 

93 

311 

214 

203 

229 

135 

436 

318 

132 

228 

The  year 

5f,3  " 

351 

429 

728 

293 

798 

246 

GOO 

a  Approximate. 

b  From  June,  1907,  to  March,  1908,  the  estimated  flow  of  the  river  has  been  increased  by  30  second-feet  as  a 
correction  for  the  power-canal  diversion.  After  the  latter  date  the  correction  has  been  the  measured  flow 
of  the  canal. 

COLORADO  RIVER  NEAR  YTJMA,  ARIZ. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Colorado  River  at  the  rail- 
road bridge  near  Yuma,  Ariz.,  between  January  1  and  December 
30,  1905.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company  during  the  summer  of  1876,  and  records 
of  river  height  have  been  maintained  since  April  1,  1878.  Stream- 
flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  dis- 


26       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

charge,  for  this  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports:0 

Annual  Reports:  12,  II,  p.  290;  18,  IV,  pp.  298-299. 

Bulletins:  131,  pp.  51-52;  140,  pp.  207-210. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  73;  16,  p.  151;  28,  pp.  133,  141;  38,  pp.  324-325; 
50,  p.  387;  66,  p.  104;  81,  pp.  69-71;  85,  pp.  17-20;  100,  pp.  19-25;  133, 
pp.  25-32;  177,  pp.  13-16,  213,  pp.  26-29;  249,  pp.  41-46. 

The  results  of  other  investigations  of  the  quality  of  the  Colorado 
River  water  at  Yuma  are  reported  as  follows: 

University  of  Arizona  Agricultural  Experiment  Station:  Bull.  44,  The  river 
irrigating  waters  of  Arizona,  by  R.  H.  Forbes,  1902;  Bull.  53,  Irrigating 
sediments  and  their  effects  upon  crops,  by  R.  H.  Forbes,  1906. 

Third  Annual  Report  United  States  Reclamation  Service. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Colorado  River 
at  railroad  bridge  near  Yuma,  Ariz. 

[Drainage  area,  225,000  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

i 
1 

§ 

-i 
§ 

1 

P 

-o 

a 
S 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(C03). 

Bicarbonate  radicle 
(HC03). 

Chlorine  radicle 

(Cl). 

Suspended  matter 
(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds). 

Suspended  matter. 

Dissolved  solids. 

1905. 
January  1,  2,  3  

0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
18 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 

235 
196 
213 
222 
211 
229 
267 
247 
318 
254 
222 
251 
233 
272 
280 
243 
318 
256 
278 
278 
202 
317 
326 
286 
272 
248 
249 
269 
304 
231 
278 
246 
235 
245 
244 
222 
243 
214 

191 
203 
224 
153 
217 
261 
274 
293 
254 
203 
118 
170 
182 
174 
255 
176 
152 
180 
175 
188 
173 
125 
144 
161 
156 
130 
126 
132 
126 
128 
117 
114 
106 
99 
98 
91 
81 
81 

741 
900 
889 
8,160 
4,380 
2,400 
1,820 
1,320 
3,080 
14,900 
11,400 
9,770 
6,420 
16,800 
23,800 
17,300 
18,100 
22,400 
26,500 
30,800 
30,400 
24,300 
23,700 
30,  (WO 
25,400 
21,100 
16,400 
14,400 
25,400 
17,200 
26,  500 
24,900 
17,900 
17,400 
18,400 
17,100 
24,400 
27.200 

,020 
,040 
,090 
758 
880 
,110 
,140 
,220 
1,180 
,010 
602 
784 
836 
758 
1,050 
766 
724 
768 
844 
886 
812 
660 
676 
750 
754 
684 
688 
696 
704 
680 
612 
572 
612 
648 
r.sr, 
578 
578 
r.s2 

18.5 
18.8 
18.8 
19.8 
22.3 
20.2 
19.3 
19.4 
19.7 
21.2 
27.8 
24.1 
22.0 
25.8 
22.3 
23.6 
25.2 
25.6 
24.5 
24.2 
24.1 
26.8 
29.4 
27.4 
23.5 
22.4 
21.6 
21.4 
22.4 
22.0 
25.6 
27.2 
24.6 
22.5 
23.8 
24.5 
24.6 
24.5 

3,750 
4,430 
4,680 
9,600 
29,600 
8,060 
6,250 
5,120 
6,400 
16,600 
65,800 
37,300 
21,000 
52,000 
24,  600 
27,700 
46,200 
55,200 
41,200 
38,300 
35,900 
63,000 
95,900 
75,600 
36,200 
26,900 
21,400 
20,000 
28,  (KX) 
24,  "XX) 
55,200 
70,900 
44,000 
32,900 
39,300 
SS.KHt 
38,900 
37.500 

7,500 
10,800 
11,200 
211,000 
350,000 
52,000 
30,800 
18,300 
63,  600 
670,000 
2,010,000 
985,000 
364,000 
2,360,000 
1,580,000 
1,300,000 
2,260,000 
3,340,000 
2,950,000 
3,190,000 
2,940,000 
4,130,000 
6,130,000 
6,250,000 
2,480,000 
153,000 
94,500 
77,500 
1,960,000 
1,120,000 
3,950,000 
4,770,000 
2,130,000 
1,540,000 
1,950,000 
1,770,000 
2,570,000 
2.750.000 

10,300 
12,400 
13,700 
19,600 
70,400 
24,200 
19,200 
16,  900" 
20,400 
45,500 
107,000 
78,800 
47,400 
lOli,  000 
69,500 
57,300 
90,  300 
115,000 
94,000 
88,600 
78,700 
112,000 
175,000 
153,000 
73,600 
49,600 
39,700 
•37,600 
54,300 
44,400 
91,200 
109,000 
72,700 
57,600 
62,200 
59,800 
l,l  .  MX) 
58.900 

January  4,  5,  6  
January  7,  8,  9  

January  10,  11,  12  
January  18,  19,  20 

January  21,  23,  25  

January  26,  27,  28 

January  29,  30,  31  

February  2,  3,  4  . 

February  6  

February  8,  9,  10  

February  11 

February  14,  15,  16  
February  20,  21,  22 

February  23,  24,  25  
February  26,  27,  28 

March  1   2  3 

March  4,  5,  6... 

March  7,  8,  9 

March  10,  11,  12  

March  13,  14,  15 

March  16  17  18 

March  19,  20,  11.  . 

March  2?  23  24 

March  25,  26,  27.. 

March  28,  29,  30 

March  31,  April  1,  2  

April  3,  4,  5.. 

April  6  7,  8 

April  9,  10,  11.. 

April  12,  13,  14 

April  15,  16,  17... 

April  18,  19,  20 

April  23,  24,25  

April  26,  27,  28... 

April  29,  30,  May  1 

May  2,  3,  4  

May  5,  6,  7... 

See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  pp.  140-141,  145-146. 


COLORADO   RIVER. 


27 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Colorado  River 
at  railroad  bridge  near  Yuma,  Ariz. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter.) 

I 

! 

a 

i 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

1. 

I1 

0 

J 

o 

-3 

it 

jja 

s 

<5> 

0 

T) 
05  ^. 

«§, 

•§? 
ss 

00 

• 
rs 

•PH 

o 

ii 
i 

o 

E* 

|l 

1 

i 
1 

GO 

1 

8 

T3 
1 

s 

1905. 
May  8  9  10 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
.    0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0 
6 
0 
.  0 
0 
15 
9 
0 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
.       0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

200 
210 
209 
205 
223 
178 
181 
181 
181 
173 
158 
160 
180 
167 
161 
156 
175 
162 
145 
177 
142 
136 
162 
216 
154 
152 
142 
158 
121 
155 
177 
157 
192 
197 
187 
188 
218 
181 
214 
198 
180 
223 
260 
223 
242 
210 
216 
232- 
202 
257 
224 
231 
238 
205 
218 
211 
238 
201 
191 
211 
274 
231 
228 
224 
228 
233 
242 
247 

76 
69 
59 
60 
GO 
60 
62 
50 
48 
37 
36 
37 
42 
34 
41 
24 
31 
31 
39 
38 
38 
40 
65 
79 
56 
59 
61 
74 
76 
83 
80 
90 
99 
92 
88 
89 
143 
140 
133 
152 
134 
139 
143 
153 
157 
177 
186 
155 
147 
137 
137 
120 
127 
137 
151 
158 
194 
180 
180 
141 
169 
141 
148 
155 
181 
198 
218 
200 

16,600 
14,700 
12,600 
12,400 
9,860 
9,340 
8,010 
6,650 
4,430 
5,100 
5,270 
4,500 
2,780 
2,910 
2,190 
1,610 
3,880 
3,530 
3,690 
4,750 
3,320 
2,780 
3,510 
2,240 
2,610 
2,440 
3,390 
2,140 
2,700 
4,080 
6,980 
9,090 
3,750 
1,760 
1,810 
2,150 
2,560 
2,170 
2,350 
3,440 
4,130 
7,280 
1,230 
8,990 
5,550 
4,660 
7,620 
13,600 
7,230 
12,900 
9,170 
8,760 
8,240 
6,710 
3,300 
2,980 
2,680 
1,950 
1,510 
12,300 
24,200 
21,700 
14,200 
10,600 
9,330 
7,450 
5,800 
4,120 

496 
490 
478 
.      468 
474 
422 
658 
456 
424 
390 
360 
360 
416 
360 
354 
374 
394 
,     408 
340 
348 
308 
314 
482 
504 
432 
424 
394 
392 
464 
506 
542 
710 
582 
604 
566 
598 
830 
878 
824 
932 
830 
936 
990 
1,100 
962 
964 
1,230 
1,090 
866 
1,020 
986 
968 
1,030 
880 
932 
892 
1,040 
892 
850 
632 
828 
1,000 
896 
870 
920 
938 
948 
1,070 

25.6 
26.0 
25.0 
24.7 
24.5 
25.2 
26.0 
27.1 
27.8 
28.3 
28.4 
28.2 
28.6 
28.8 
29.1 
29.0 
28.5 
27.6 
26.4 
25.3 
22.4 
22.0 
21.8 
21.0 
20.4 
20.1 
20.0 
19.8 
20.4 
20.4 
20.0 
19.4 
19.0 
18.8 
18.7 
19.0 
18.6 
18.4 
18.3 
18.7 
18.9 
18.6 
18.3 
18.0 
18.0 
18.0 
18.7 
19.9 
18.9 
18.9 
18.7 
18.6 
18.4 
18.4 
18.4 
18.7 
18.8 
18.9 
18.8 
25.5 
26.0 
21.2 
18.8 
18.3 
18.0 
17.9 
17.9 
17.8 

45,100 
46,300 
37,500 
35,000 
35,800 
41,200 
48,000 
56,700 
65,000 
67,700 
70,900 
71,100 
80,000 
85,800 
92,700 
89,000 
77,700 
64,800 
54,600 
44,100 
31,500 
28,500 
26,200 
21,900 
20,700 
18,600 
16,900 
14,600 
16,700 
16,700 
15,500 
12,000 
9,260 
7,820 
7,290 
8,050 
6,740 
6,290 
5,580 
7,410 
7,870 
6,640 
5,630 
5,280 
5,240 
7,200 
11J300 
11/900 
7,610 
7,580 
6,630 
6,040 
5,550 
5,610 
5,770 
6,330 
6,640 
6,370 
6,480 
57,300 
57,300 
26,900 
12,700 
9,640 
8,120 
7,680 
7,550 
6,630 

2,030,000 
1,830,000 
1,280,000 
1,170,000 
953,000 
1,040,000 
1,040,000 
1,  020,  000 
777,000 
933,000 
1,010,000 
862,000 
600,000 
673,000 
548,000 
387,000 
813,000 
617,000 
543,000 
566,000 
282,000 
214,000 
248,000 
132,000 
146,000 
123,000 
154,000 
84,500 
122,000 
184,000 
292,000 
294,000 
93,800 
37,200 
35,700 
46,700 
46,700 
36,800 
35,400 
68,700 
87,600 
131,000 
187,000 
128,000 
78,500 
90,500 
233,000 
438,000 
149,000 
263,000 
164,000 
143,000 
124,000 
102,000 
51,500 
51,000 
48,100 
33,600 
26,300 
1,900,000 
730,000 
1,580,000 
4XX,<HX) 
276,000 
205,000 
154,000 
118,000 
73,800 

60,500 
61,200 
48,300 
44,200 
45,800 
47,000 
85,200 
69,800 
74,500 
71,300 
69,000 
69,100 
89,800 
83,800 
88,600 
89,800 
82,600 
71,500 
50,100 
41,500 
26,200 
24,200 
34,100 
29,800 
24,100 
21,300 
18,000 
15,500 
20,900 
22,800 
22,700 
23,000 
14,600 
12,700 
11,100 
13,000 
15,100 
14,900 
12,400 
18,700 
17,600 
16,800 
15,100 
15,700 
13,600 
18,700 
37,400 
35,100 
17,800 
20,800 
17,700 
15,800 
15,400 
13,300 
14,500 
15,300 
18,700 
15,400 
14,900 
97,800 
128,000 
72,700 
30,800 
22,700 
20,200 
19,400 
19,300 
19,200 

May  11   12  13         

May  14  15  16 

May  17,  18,  19  

May  20  21  22 

May  23  24  25 

M-iv  "ti  27,  28 

M-iv  '"i   30  31 

June  123                                

lu  nc  1   .r)  6 

lime  ~    X   Q 

June  10  11   12 

June  IS    14,  15     .             

June  lt>    17    IS 

Jinn'  l'»  4>0  91 

June  22  23  24 

Jinn1  "">  -)G  27 

June  28  29  30 

July  1    2,  3     

July  456 

Julv  11,  13          

July  11   15  16 

July  17,  18,  19  

Julv  20  21  22 

Julv  °3  <J4  26 

July  ''7   28  20 

July  30  31    \ugust  1 

August  456           

August  7   8  <) 

August  10,  11,  12    

August  13  14  15 

August  16,  17,  18    

August  19,  20,  21  
August  22,  23,  24    

Yir'iist  l)5  26  27 

August  28,  29,  30    

August  31  September  1,  2 

Septernl>er3  4  5 

Septeml>er  6789 

September  11,  12,  13  

September  15  16  17 

Septeml>er  20,  21,  22  

Sept  eml  >er  24  25,  26 

Septeml>er  27,  28,  29  

Septenil>er  30,  October  1,  2 

Octol>er  3  5 

Octol>er6  78               . 

October  11   12  13 

October  14,  18,  19  

Octol>er  16  17   18. 

Octol>er  19,  2(),  21          .... 

Octol>er  22  23  24 

Octol>er  26,  27,  28  

(  )ct  ol  >er  29,  30,  31,  November  2  ... 
November  4  6  7  j 

Novem  l>er'.i.  l:i.  14 

Noveml>er  15  16   17 

November  IS    I'.i,  20  

November  22  23,25 

Novemlwr  27,  29,  30  

Beceml>er  1,  2     . 

Deceml>er  4,  5,  8  

Deceml)er9,  11,  12 

December  13,  14  15 

December  16,  18,  19  

Deceml>er  20,  21,  22 

December  23,  25,  26  

December  27,  28,  30.  . 

28        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   ^CHE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


•Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Colorado  River  at  railroad  bridge 

near  Yuma,  Ariz. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

H, 

0 

Errors. 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

I 

Magnesium  (Mg). 

£^ 

.2  1 

6 

1 

1 

Bicarbonate 
(HCOi). 

Sulphate  (SO«). 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

Nitrate  (NOs). 

1905. 

24 
20 
33 
27 
30 
30 
18 

-0.1 

+2.2 
+1.2 
-  .9 
+1.9 
+  .7 

994 
816 
686 
609 
488 
345 
395 

10 
11 
14 
16 

3.5 
3.2 
2.9 
3.0 
3.3 
3.8 
3.5 

"i'i" 

3.1 
3.1 

2.8 

18 
21 
20 
19 
16 
13 
11 
15 
13 
16 
17 
18 

0.00 
.00 
1.9 
1.4 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

23 
32 
36 
38 
43 
50 

27 
21 
20 
22 
25 
26 
23 
30 
33 
33 
31 
27 

24 
24 
22 
19 
14 
11 
15 
16 
15 
14 
19 
22 

0.13 
.04 
.05 
.04 
.06 
.26 
.28 
.10 
.03 

February  2-28 

March  1-April  2  

April  3  May  1 

May  2-31  

June  1-30 

July  1-August  1  

August  4-30 

27 

532 
930 
972 
870 
848 

14 
15 
13 
13 
11 

""23" 

25 
28 

August  31-September  29  
September  30-November  2 

25 
29 
18 
23 

+2^3 
-2.1 

November  4-30  

.07 
.03 

December  1-30     

Mean         

1.8 

707 

13 

3.3 

16 

.28 

33 

26 

18 

.10 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Colorado  River  near  Yuma,  Ariz. 


Month. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January    

3,730 

3,090 

3,640 

8,130 

6,870 

21,500 

6,320 

7,610 

February 

3  960 

3  370 

3  800 

28,100 

9,560 

18  800 

14,200 

11,700 

March     .'... 

4.900 

6,120 

5,980 

50,500 

25,400 

24,100 

16,100 

19,000 

April 

6  180 

14  300 

8,060 

37,800 

32,500 

35  300 

17,800 

21,700 

May  -. 

36,000 

33,700 

27,700 

42,200 

54,100 

37,900 

27,200 

37,000 

June 

42  500 

53  100 

43  800' 

76  500 

84,200 

94  800 

42,900 

62,500 

July  

12,500 

37,500 

23,000 

30,300 

39,000 

96,500 

32,600 

38,800 

August 

4  180 

10  900 

17  100 

12  100 

19,200 

37,600 

24,300 

17,900 

September  •  

3,820 

6.790 

11,600 

6,500 

11,700 

23,200 

11,400 

10,700 

October 

4,300 

8,480 

11  600 

8  040 

11,700 

13,600 

9,510 

9,600 

November  

4,190 

5,400 

6,150 

12,000 

9,710 

10,800 

8,090 

8,050 

December 

5,410 

4,340 

4,480 

15,400 

18,300 

7,450 

15,900 

10,200 

The  year 

11,000 

15,600 

13,900 

27,300 

26,900 

35,100 

18,900 

21,200 

ELM  FORK  OF  RED  RIVER  NEAR  MANGTJM,  OKLA. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Elm  Fork  of  Ked  River  at  a 
highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla.,  between  April  13,  1905,  and 
March  22,  1907.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by 
the  United  States  Geological  Survey  April  12,  1905,  and  discon- 
tinued March  31,  1908.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  this  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  173,  pp.  79-81;  209,  pp.  57-59;  247,  pp.  97-100. 


ELM   FORK   OF   RED  RIVER. 


29 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Elm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. 

[Drainage  area,  750  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

Ol 

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'd 

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I 

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SO 
So 

1S 
S 

B 

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T3 

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CO      • 

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1 

T3 
1 

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1905-1907. 
April  13  15  16  17,  18 

7 

146 

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January  26  

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30       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Elm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  OJcla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

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20,800 
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22,500 
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April  10 

April  11                          -. 

April  12... 

ELM   FORK   OF   RED   RIVER. 


31 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Elm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. — Continued. 


.  Bates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

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12,300 
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14,300 
14,200 
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3,240 
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7,130 
9,970 
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11,800 
13,200 
14,100 
14,700 
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16.500 
17,000 
3,300 
3,360 
3,540 
4,760 
5,900 
7,040 
10,800 
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2,090 
1,930 
3,320 
4,460 
5,770 
6,770 
7,770 
8,610 
5,930 
2,620 
2,580 
1,640 
3,280 
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6,120 
7,340 
8,070 
9,340 
9,410 
6,660 
6,260 
7,570 
4,370 
3,450 
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2.5 
2.6 
2.6 
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2.9 
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1,330 
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April  20 

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April  22 

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0 
100 
0 
0 
68 
0 
0 
0 
1,100 
36 
14,100 
2,280 
828 
292 
304 
392 
156 
4,380 
7,860 
6,020 
1,450 
280 
28 
24 
68 
216 
5,750 
6,360 
1,720 
3,730 
968 
352 
140 
52 
392 
0 
0 
572 
0 
0 
10,500 
2,230 
732 
2,980 
200 
0 
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11 
0 

0 
9 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

62 
2 
656,001 
925 
201 
37 
31 
50 
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4,030 
32,000 
26,300 
6,800 
91 
7 
0 
18 
26 
10,900 
6,860 
1,560 
8,950 
392 
94 
29 
6 
48 
0 
0 
146 
0 
0 
28,900 
1,200 
190 
1,290 
22 
0 
4 

May  4 

May  5.  .  . 

May  6 

May  7... 

May8.   . 

May  9 

May  10... 

May  11 

May  12 

May  13... 

May  14 

May  15.  .  . 

May  16... 

May  17 

May  18  

May  19 

May  20  

May  22  . 

May  23  

May  24... 

May  25...  . 

May  26... 

May  27... 

May  28... 

May  29  

May  30  

Junel 

June  2  

June  3  

June  4 

June  5  

June  (i  

June  7  

June  8  

June  9  

June  10. 

June  11.... 

June  12  

June  13. 

June  14  

June  15  

June  16. 

June  17. 

June  18  

June  19  

June  20. 

June  21.... 

June  22.  .  . 

32 


SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Elm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

i 
& 

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Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

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June  23 

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0 
0 
0 
0 
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0 
0 
0 
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0 
0 
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0 
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0 
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140 
134 
140 
102 
77 
96 
113 
122 
128 
134 
134 
153 
140 
134 
140 
140 
134 
108 
121 
108 
85 
85 
1    78 
92 
98 
72 
118 
72 
85 
144 
124 
103 
92 
85 
85 
92 
105 
105 
105 
111 
137 
78 
78 
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92 
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111 
118 
104 
118 
111 
124 
131 
118 
112 
114 
95 

VI 

88 
110 
118 
124 
lux 
92 
M 
80 
94 

3,780 
2,230 
4,010 
465 
515 
1,310 
2,180 
2,990 
3,860 
4,120 
4,540 
4,980 
5,310 
5,620 
5,840 
5,700 
4,430 
3,940 
3,960 
1,320 
832 
832 
1,560 
931 
743 
1,480 
2,320 
69 
743 
2,820 
3,230 
1,990 
2,080 
317 
436 
891 
1,940 
2,440 
2,040 
2,720 
2,080. 
337 
515 
188 
376 
485 
1,110 
1,820 
2,000 
2,060 
2,  200 
2,380 
2,490 
2,690 
2,846 
3,000 
2,890 
475 
97 
610 
1,580 

2,720 
1,470 

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888 

0 
0 
52 
15,700 
3,070 
456 
140 
0 
44 
256 
104 
304 
508 
508 
212 
348 
184 
276 
2,270 
332 
6,270 
1,480 
504 
6,620 
1,460 
460 
*       76 
6,440 
632 
60 
0 
1,820 
3,020 
6,320 
992 
272 
220 
72 
8 
320 
496 
8,700 
2,830 
7,770 
1,150 
1,300 
252 
100 
48 
92 
0 
36 
124 
176 
136 
372 
0 
11,200 
5,480 
780 
24 
76 
228 
686 

7,530 
1,340 
692 

9,780 
10,500 
10,400 
2,340 
2,560 
4,930 
6,540 
8,160 
9,690 
10,400 
11,500 
12,000 
12,500 
13,000 
13,100 
12,900 
10,600 
9,310 
10,500 
3,738 
3,570 
3,650 
4,920 
3,980 
3,710 
5,060 
6,950 
660 
3,810 
7,770 
8,650 
5,960 
5,220 
2,210 
2,970 
3,760 
5,560 
6,930 
6,230 
7,470 
5,580 
2,320 
2,810 
2,190 
2,910 
3,190 
4,440 
5,950 
6,330 
6,570 
6,830 
7,080 
7,250 
7,500 
8,000 
8,290 
8,200 
2,080 
1,970 
3,330 
5,630 
7,000 
7,370 
5,250 
4,710 
2,520 
2,510 
4.860 

2.5 
2.4 
2.4 
5.9 
.3.0 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.6 
3.5 
2.6 
4.0 
3.0 
3.6 
3.9 
2.9 
2.6 
2.5 
5.4 
2.7 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
5.1 
4.5 
3.3 
2.9 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.9 
5.3 
5.0 
4.6 
3.3 
3.1 
2.9 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
5.0 
4.5 
3.0 
2.8 
2.6 
2.6 
2.8 
2.6 
4.7 
3.7 
3.0 

40 
25 
25 
2,580 
150 
60 
45 
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25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
75 
380 
75 
700 
200 
460 
640 
165 
75 
50 
1,900 
103 
40 
30 
30 
1,630 
1,060 
196 
110 
70 
48 
48 
48 
110 
1,840 
1,560 
1,150 
197 
153 
110 
68 
68 
68 
68 
68 
50 
50 
50 
48 
48 
1,520 
1,060 
112 
75 
48 
50 
90 
50 
1,240 
475 
138 

0 
0 
4 
109,000 
1,240 
74 
17 
0 
3 
17 
7 
21 
34 
34 
14 
24 
12 
56 
2,330 
67 
11,900 
810 
625 
11,400 
652 
93 
10 
33,100 
176 
6 
0 
148 
13,300 
18,100 
525 
81 
42 
9 
1 
41 
147 
43,300 
11,900 
24,100 
610 
537 
75 
18 
9 
17 
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7 
17 
24 
18 
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45,800 
15,700 
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25,200 
1,720 
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705 
16,300 
1,040 
800 
795 
991 
654 
704 
773 
812 
842 
881 
886 
872 
713 
1,480 
10,800 
755 
6,750 
2,000 
6,120 
6,880 
1,650 
1,020 
940 
3,390 
1,060 
840 
702 
483 
23,000 
6,330 
1,570 
1,120 
1,050 
897 
807 
'.Hi? 
1,660 
11,500 
11,800 
6,800 
1,550 
1,320 
1,320 
1,090 
1,160 
1,210 
1,250 
1,300 
980 
1,020 
1,080 
1,070 
1,060 
8,530 
5,650 
1,010 
1,140 
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1,020 

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June  25 

June  26 

June  27. 

June  28 

June  29. 

June  30 

July  1 

July  2  

July  3 

July  4... 

JulyS 

July  6... 

July?.. 

July  8 

July  9... 

July  10 

July  11... 

July  12 

July  13... 

July  14 

July  15  

July  16. 

July  17 

July  18.. 

July  19 

July  20... 

July  22 

July  25... 

July  26 

July  27... 

July  28. 

July  29 

July  30.. 

July  31  

August  1  

August  2 

August  3  ' 

August  4 

August  5  

August  6     ... 

August  9 

August  10  

August  11 

August  13  

August  14 

August  16  

August  17 

August  18 

August  19  

August  20 

August  21  

August  22 

August  23  

August  24 

August  25 

August  26  

August  27 

August  28  

August  30   .. 

August  31  

September  1 

September  2  

September  3 

September  4 

September  5  

September  6.  .  . 

ELM   FORK   OF   RED  RIVER. 


33 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Elm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

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September  7 

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18 
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147 
103 
109 
148 
163 
173 
123 
167 
170 
159 
164 
172 
172 
167 
147 
166 
147 
156 
170 
181 

1,320 
1,620 
1,920 
2,120 
2,400 
2,290 
2,310 
2,270 
631 
1,150 
164 
192 
193 
722 
881 
1,180 
2,000 
1,890 
2,300 
2,400 
2,510 
2,690 
2,810 
3,000 
2,970 
3,100 
3,240 
3,000 
3,190 
3,350 
3,400 
1,720 
80 
333 
808 
,100 
,280 
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,820 
,810 
,870 
,780 
,900 
,970 
2,110 
2,340 
2,490 
932 
1,040 
229 
243 
462 
509 
617 
196 
540 
708 
794 
857 
918 
998 
1,010 
1,060 
1,130 
1.200 
1,240 
1,260 
1.380 

676 

72 
28 
204 
264 
464 
228 
216 
7,270 
972 
9,440 
2,050 
3,400 
272 
212 
420 
124 
200 
180 
72 
16 
184 
40 
96 
56 
56 
256 
120 
256 
308 
228 
6,740 
5,330 
1,290 
596 
296 
272 
456 
124 
188 
152 
412 
256 
316 
572 
164 
16 
264 
252 
2,600 
996 
708 
374 
68 
1,390 
140 
168 
136 
284 
256 
184 
304 
300 
192 
32 
292 
232 
308 

4,750 
5,740 
6,340 
6,840 
7,590 
7,170 
7,030 
7,080 
3,060 
4,760 
1,850 
2,110 
1,510 
3,660 
3,960 
4,750 
5,500 
6,300 
7,350 
7,370 
7,670 
7,950 
8,360 
9,090 
8,710 
9,150 
9,330 
8,920 
9,140 
9,680 
9,850 
4,040 
1,070 
2,440 
3,520 
4,320 
4,800 
5,200 
5,760 
5,610 
5,820 
5,440 
5,810 
5,970 
6,240 
6,490 
7,030 
3,690 
3,920 
1,460 
2,000 
2,830 
3,360 
3,740 
2,090 
3,680 
4,170 
4,160 
4,220 
4,140 
4,320 
4.390 
4,310 
4,520 
4,670 
4,610 
4,700 
4.800 

2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.8 
2.6 
2.6 
4.0 
3.1 
7.9 
4.0 
4.0 
3.2 
3.1 
3.2 
2.9 
2.8 
2.9 
2.7 
2.7 
2.8 
2.8 
2.6 
2.6 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
5.5 
6.3 
2.4 
3.3 
3.2 
3.1 
3.1 
3.0 
3.0 
3.1 
3.1 
3.0 
2.9 
2.9 
2.9 
2.9 
3.1 
3.0 
4.5 
4.1 
4.1 
4.7 
4.1 
3.9 
3.8 
3.7 
3.6 
3.6 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.4 
3.4 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 

68 
68 
68 
68 
50 
88 
50 
50 
700 
165 
6,180 
700 
700 
200 
165 
200 
110 
90 
110 
70 
70 
90 
85 
32 
32 
59 
59 
38 
38 
19 
19 
2,050 
3,180 
6 
350 
300 
215 
215 
160 
160 
215 
215 
160 
115 
115 
115 
115 
175 
145 
1,220 
870 
870 
1,300 
870 
700 
600 
520 
445 
445 
380 
380 
380 
380 
315 
315 
215 
215 
210 

124 
13 
5 
37 
36 
110 
31 
29 
13,700 
433 
158.000 
3,870 
6,310 
147 
94 
227 
37 
49 
53 
14 
3 
45 
9 
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5 
9 
41 
12 
26 
16. 
12 
37,300 
45,800 
21 
563 
240 
158 
265 
54 
81 
88 
239 
111 
98 
177 
51 
5 
125 
99 
8,560 
2,340 
1,660 
1,310 
160 
2,630 
227 
236 
163 
341 
263 
189 
312 
308 
163 
27 
170 
135 
175 

870 
1,050 
1,180 
1,250 
1,030 
1,700 
950 
955 
5,800 
2,120 
30,800 
3.980 
2,850 
1,980 
1,760 
2,560 
,640 
,530 
,190 
,390 
,450 
,930 
,920 
785 
753 
1,460 
1,490 
913 
937 
497 
506 
22,400 
9,200 
39 
3,330 
3,500 
2,790 
3,020 
2,490 
2,430 
3.380 
3,150 
2,510 
1,850 
1,930 
2,010 
2,180 
1,740 
1,530 
4,820 
4.700 
6,650 
11,800 
8,780 
3,950 
5,950 
•5,860 
5.000 
5,070 
4,250 
4,430 
4,500 
4.420 
3,850 
3,990 
2,680 
2,730 
2.720 

September  8  

September  9                        

September  10. 

September  11 

September  12.             

September  13 

September  14  

September  15. 

September  16 

September  18 

September  19  

September  20 

September  21 

September  22  

September  24 

September  25  

September  27 

September  28  

September  29. 

September  30 

October   1  

October  4  . 

October   5 

October   7.. 

October   9 

October  10  

October  11.. 

October  12 

October  13  

October  14 

October  15  

October  16.. 

October  17 

October  18.. 

October  19 

October  20  

October  21  . 

October  22 

October  23.. 

October  24 

October  25  

October  26.. 

October  27 

October  28.. 

October  31 

November  27  

November  28  .  . 

November  29  

November  30... 

December    1 

December   2  

December   3  

December   4.. 

December   5 

December  6  

December   7  

December   8  

December   9  

December  10. 

December  11  

December  12  

December  14  

December  15  

December  16  

December  17  

December  19  

81210°— WSP  274—11 3 


34       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  $lm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

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December  20 

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162 
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153 
143 
148 
162 
158 
153 
134 
138 
119 
129 
148 
148 
124 

1,350 
1,450 
1,420 
1,510 
1,540 
1,570 
1,580 
1,590 
1,640 
1,660 
1,680 
1,770 
1,780 
1,780 
1,820 
1,770 
1,900 
2,010 
2,020 
1,960 
969 
267 
468 
884 
1,120 
1,254 
1,340 
1,380 
1,390 
418 
364 
648 
72 
788 
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,100 
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,172 
,120 
,160 
,150 
,210 
,200 
,340 
,510 
,820 
,780 
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,760 
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2,030 
1,970 
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148 
200 
92 
56 
128 
64 
104 
116 
140 
144 
180 
196 
0 
328 
200 
304 
212 
280 
200 
172 
1,090 
3,160 
684 
260 
136 
100 
148 
88 
68 
15,900 
892 
352 
1,750 
200 
32 
240 
200 
816 
376 
372 
136 
344 
388 
136 
289 
376 
204 
260 
272 
112 
108 
32 
172 
112 
244 
300 
484 
268 
432 
264 
440 
112 
156 
232 
128 
312 
100 
80 

4,900 
5,000 
5,040 
5,190 
5,110 
5,330 
5,280 
5,220 
5,350 
5,320 
5,440 
5,500 
5,580 
5,480 
5,640 
5,440 
5,750 
5,990 
5,940 
5,720 
3,380 
1,820 
2,610 
3,780 
4,460 
4,720 
4,880 
4,960 
4,960 
2,400 
2,840 
3,480 
1,330 
3,840 
4,140 
4,190 
4,450 
4,380 
4,560 
4,300 
4,630 
4,520 
4,590 
4,580 
5,020 
5,360 
6,010 
6,040 
5,220 
4,880 
5,000 
5,120 
5,100 
5,170 
5,380 
5,370 
5,440 
6,630 
5,640 
5,640 
5,820 
5,940 
6,020 
5,740 
5,920 

r>.Ksn 

6,100 

(i,  200 

3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.5 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
4.1 
3.1 
3.5 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
8.7 
3.8 
3.6 
5.4 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.4 
3.4 
3.3 
3.4 
3.4 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.4 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.3 
3.2 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.1 
3.9 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 

210 
210 
210 
210 
157 
157 
157 
157 
155 
155 
150 
350 
128 
128 
128 
128 
128 
128 
128 
128 
128 
600 
128 
285 
205 
205 
205 
205 
205 
7,600 
440 
340 
1,930 
295 
295 
300 
300 
255 
255 
210 
255 
255 
210 
210 
210 
210 
265 
220 
220 
220 
220 
220 
220 
220 
185 
150 
150 
150 
150 
150 
540 
120 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 

84 
113 
52 
32 
54 
27 
44 
49 
59 
60 
73 
185 
0 
113 
69 
105 
73 
10 
69 
59 
376 
5,120 
236 
200 
75 
55 
82 
49 
38 
327,000 
1,060 
323 
9,100 
159 
25 
194 
162 
562 
259 
211 
94 
237 
220 
77 
159 
213 
146 
155 
162 
67 
64 
19 
102 
67 
122 
122 
196 
109 
175 
107 
641 
36 
58 
78 
43 
105 
34 
27 

2,770 
2,840 
2,860 
2,940 
2,170 
2,260 
2,230 
2,210 
2,240 
2,230 
2,200 
5,200 
,930 
,890 
,950 
,880 
,990 
.070 
,030 
,980 
,170 
2,950 
900 
2,910 
2,470 
2,610 
2,700 
2,740 
2,740 
49,200 
3,370 
3,190 
6.950 
3.060 
3,300 
3,390 
3,600 
3,020 
3,140 
2,440 
3,190 
3,110 
2,600 
2,600 
2,850 
3,040 
4,300 
3,590 
3,100 
2,900 
2,980 
3,070 
1,090 
3,070 
2,690 
2,170 
2,200 
2,280 
2,280 
2,280 
8,470 
1,930 
2,030 
1,940 
2,000 
1,970 
2,060 
2,120 

December  21  

December  22.  . 

December  23 

December  24  

December  25 

December  26  

December  27 

December  28  

December  29.. 

December  30  

December  31... 

January   1 

January  2  

January   3  .. 

January   4 

January  5 

January   6  

January  7  

January  8 

January  9  

January  10 

January  11  

\January  12 

January  13  

January  14 

January  15  

January  16  

January  17 

January  19  

January  20 

January  21  

January  22 

January  23  

January  24 

January  25  

January  26 

January  27  

January  28.  . 

January  29 

January  30  ....... 

January  31 

FebruaVy  1  

February  2 

February  3 

February  4 

February  5 

February  6  

February  7 

February  8  

February  9 

February  10  

February  11 

February  12 

February  13    

February  15 

February  16  

February  17 

February  18 

February  19  

February  20 

February  21  

February  23.   .. 

February  24 

February  25  

February  26 

February  27 

February  28  ... 

ELM   FORK   OF   BED   RIVER. 


35 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Elm  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. — Continued. 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

! 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

0> 

» 

^ 

ta 

CO 

1 

| 

Dates. 

0 

•d 

08    • 

1 

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1 

1 

•d 
o 

§ 

1 

1 

i 

3l 

SB 

| 

rt 

iSo^ 

•SI 

A 

s 

s 

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I 

g 

1 

I 

| 

1 

I 

1 

§ 

1 

o 

PQ 

G 

CQ 

A 

a 

* 

CQ 

Q 

1905-1907. 

• 

March  1 

0 

138 

1,980 

32 

5,830 

3.0 

125 

11 

1,970 

March  2 

5 

148 

1,850 

32 

5,880 

3.0 

125 

11 

1,990 

March  3 

0 

153 

2,060 

120 

6,040 

2.9 

95 

31 

1,550 

March  4 

5 

129 

2,110 

300 

6,140 

2.9 

95 

77 

1,570 

March  5  

0 

138 

2,150 

248 

6,280 

2.9 

95 

64 

1,610 

March  6 

0 

134 

2,270 

108 

6,520 

2.9 

95 

28 

1,670 

March  7... 

0 

148 

2,300 

36 

6,580 

2.9 

95 

9 

1,690 

March  8 

0 

143 

2,320 

184 

6,550 

2.9 

160 

50 

1,770 

March  9 

g 

129 

2,230 

24 

6,340 

3.0 

128 

g 

2,190 

March  10        

0 

o 

153 
153 

2,320 
2,310 

128 
60 

6,530 
6,440 

3.0 
3.0 

128 
128 

44 
21 

2,260 
2,230 

March  11 

March  12  

5 

124 

2,180 

16 

6,580 

3.0 

128 

6 

2,270 

March  13 

5 

134 

2,340 

12 

6,750 

3.0 

128 

4 

2,330 

March  14  

5 

134 

2,360 

8 

6,670 

3.0 

128 

3 

2,310 

March  15 

5 

129 

2,390 

12 

6,840 

3.0 

128 

4 

2,360 

March  16 

o 

119 

2,410 

16 

7,000 

3.9 

540 

23 

10,200 

March  17        

0 

115 

2,410 

8 

7,010 

2.9 

100 

2 

1,910 

March  18 

0 

129 

2,500 

12 

6,960 

2.9 

100 

3 

1,880 

March  19  

0 

124 

2,500 

12 

7,120 

2.9 

100 

3 

1,920 

March  20 

5 

124 

2,690 

12 

7,310 

3.9 

540 

17 

10,700 

March  21  

5 

115 

2,700 

12 

7,510 

3.9 

540 

17 

11,000 

March  22 

0 

134 

2,800 

4 

7,620 

2.8 

77 

1 

1,580 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Elm  Fork  of  Red  River  at  highway 

bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. 


i 

Is 

Radicl 

esinp 

ercen 

t  of  dis 

solved 

solids 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

| 

W 

Dissolved  solids 
(milligrams  per  li 

Calcium  (Ca). 

Magnesium  (Mg). 

Sodium  and  potas- 
sium (Na+JK). 

Carbonate  (CO3). 

Bicarbonate 
(HC03). 

f 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

Nitrate  (NO8). 

1905-1907. 
April  13-June  15.  .. 

20 

—1.0 

8,280 

7.4 

1  2 

25 

0.00 

1  7 

18 

42 

T 

June  18-July  15 

27 

—3  1 

9,100 

11 

1  2 

o  24 

oo 

1  5 

20 

48 

0  001 

July  16-November  18 

25 

—  .7 

9,310 

6.9 

1.1 

26 

.00 

1  2 

16 

43 

T 

November  19-December  14.  .  . 
December  17-January  13  
January  14-25  

25 
27 
10 

"-".6 

10,100 
13,100 
15,500 

6.4 
4.6 

1.0 
1.3 

26 
28 
29 

.00 
.00 
.00 

1.4 

1.2 
.95 

"ijj""" 

12 

45 
47 
47 

.000 
.000 
.000 

January  26-February  28  

31 
30 

-2.3 
6 

16,400 
21  600 

4.6 
3  9 

1.1 
1  0 

28 
29 

.00 
00 

.96 
•    gg 

11 
96 

48 
48 

.000 

ooo 

April  1-30.  . 

30 

+2  5 

11,100 

5  9 

1  2 

27 

oo 

1  2 

12 

42 

ooo 

May  1-30  

28 

8,520 

6.9 

2.1 

21 

15 

June  1-30  

30 

+1.4 

5,750 

9  9 

2  6 

20 

.00 

2  2 

25 

34 

000 

July  1-31 

28 

7  020 

9  0 

1  2 

23 

00 

1  4 

22 

38 

000 

August  1-31  

26 

5,360 

12 

1.3 

.12 

1.7 

28 

29 

.000 

September  1-30. 

28 

5,400 

11 

1  4 

00 

2  2 

28 

30 

000 

October  1-31,  and  November 
27-30  

29 

+  .1 

6,110 

9  8 

1  7 

21 

oo 

2  0 

26 

35 

001 

December  1-31... 

29 

+    4 

4  620 

13 

2  3 

16 

00 

3  4 

35 

26 

001 

January  1-31 

25 

+    5 

4  140 

8  8 

4  9 

15 

oo 

3  0 

36 

25 

ooo 

February  1-28... 

26 

+    3 

5,440 

11 

2  2 

18 

00 

2  3 

29 

30 

004 

March  1-22... 

22 

6  670 

9  4 

2  1 

17 

oo 

1  8 

34 

000 

Mean  

1  0 

9  130 

8  4 

1  7 

23 

01 

1  7 

21 

38 

T 

o  Sodium  is  99  per  cent  and  potassium  is  0.73  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


36       SOME  STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Elm  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Mangum,  Okla. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

22 

546 

88 

219 

February 

21 

173 

107 

100 

March  •  

14 

143 

53 

70 

April 

o242 

209 

112 

188 

May  

760 

324 

464 

516 

June 

367 

255 

853 

492 

July 

91 

281 

127 

166 

August    

109 

438 

135 

227 

September 

36 

414 

39 

163 

October  

12 

274 

898 

395 

November 

151 

248 

89 

• 

163 

December  

34 

366 

150 

183 

Mean  

239 

311 

240 

a  April  12-30. 

FEATHER  RIVER  NEAR  OROVILLE,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Feather  River  near  Oroville, 
Cal.,  between  June  25,  1905,  and  February  14,  1907.  A  gaging  sta- 
tion was  established  near  Oroville  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  January  1,  1902.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  this  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  66,  p.  167;  81,  pp.  85-87;  85,  pp.  133-135;  100,  pp. 
272-274;  134,  pp.  137-140;  177,  pp.  155-158;  213,  pp.  120-121;  251,  pp. 
199-202. 

Additional  information  in  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
Feather  River  is  contained  in  Water-Supply  Paper  237,  "  Quality  of 
California  surface  waters,"  pages  36-38. 


FEATHER  RIVER. 


37 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Feather  River 

near  Oroville,  Cat. 

[Drainage  area,  3,640  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

i 

M 

a 

v—  ' 

p 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

1 

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2  X, 
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£ 

£ 

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ll 

CQ 

1 

ii 

1 
• 

3 

•o 

02 

4 
1 

1 
1 

0 

1905-1907. 
June  25 

100 
50 
16 
44 
10 
34 
30 
4 
0 
2 
46 
62 
30 
92 
90 
24 
16 
30 
2 
60 
158 
272 
4 
4 
0 
80 
114 
72 
38 
156 
118 
112 
64 
28 
70 
172 
44 
90 
74 
14 
14 
0 
10 
138 
90 
98 
82 
76 
66 
8 
8 
216 
66 
32 
24 
60 
144 
24 
98 
18 
14 
64 
40 
224 
94 
58 

70 
96 
176 
96 
132 
122 
114 
128 
132 
150 
US 
138 
142 
202 
158 
132 
136 
134 
128 
92 
54 
134 
116 
110 
118 
84 
68 
132 
132 
102 
110 
96 
316 
74 
100 
84 
60 
104 
70 
64 
80 
80 
114 
82 
72 
66 
96 
100 
94 
124 
134 
76 
84 
96 
94 
62 
38 
60 
86 
80 
92 
52 
84 
100 
90 
54 

2.8 
1.8 
1.2 
1.1 
0.9 
0.9 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
0.9 
0.9 
1.2 
1.3 
1.0 
1.1 
1.2 
2.2 
14.5 
8.0 
5.7 
5.3 
7.8 
10.9 
9.8 
12.2 
16.8 
12.6 
10.8 
11.1 
11.9 
9.6 
11.4 
11.1 
10.2 
9.6 
7.4 
6.5 
6.0 
4.9 
4.4 
1.9 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.9 
4.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
1.9 
6.1 
3.3 
9.3 
6.9 
6.2 
6.7 
4.7 
10.4 
16.1 
9.1 

2,790 
,860 
,440 
,370 
,250 
,240 
,290 
,280 
,300 
,310 
,280 
,280 
,300 
,240 
,220 
,420 
,490 
,310 
,370 
1,450 
2,630 
36,400 
9,690 
5,900 
5,380 
9,590 
17,200 
13,900 
23,800 
46,600 
24,700 
17,100 
18,000 
21,2ft) 
13,100 
19,200 
18,300 
15,000 
13,200 
8,280 
6,940 
6,240 
5,010 
4,380 
1,970 
1,960 
1,920 
1,920 
1,920 
1,920 
2,020 
4,190 
2,060 
2,060 
2,020 
1,980 
6,870 
3,290 
1,640 
7,700 
6,600 
7,460 
4,730 
18,000 
«..  VX) 
12,200 

753 
251 
62 
163 
34 
114 
105 
14 
0 
7 
159 
214 
105 
308 
296 
92 
64 
106 
7 
235 
1,120 
26,700 
105 
64 
0 
2,070 
5,300 
2,700 
2,440 
19,600 
7,870 
5,170 
3,110 
1,600 
2,480 
8,970 
2,180 
3,650 
2,640 
313 
262 
0 
135 
1,630 
479 
519 
425 
394 
342 
41 
44 
2,440 
367 
178 
131 
321 
2,670 
213 
434 
374 
250 
1,290 
510 
10,900 
11,000 
1,910 

527 
482 
684 
355 
445 
408 
397 
442 
463 
530 
408 
477 
498 
676 
520 
506 
547 
473 
474 
360 
384 
13,200 
3,030 
1,750 
1,710 
2,180 
3,160 
4,950 
8,480 
12,800 
7,340 
4,440 
15,300 
4,240 
3,540 
4,350 
2,970 
4,220 
2,500 
1,430 
1,500 
1,350 
1,540 
970 
383 
349 
498 
518 
487 
643 
732 
860 
467 
533 
513 
332 
705 
533 
381 
1,660 
1,640 
1,050 
1,070 
4,860 
10,600 
1,780 

July  8,  9,  10,  12,  13,  14,  15 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

84 
96 
82 
N 
92 
88 
88 

8 
15 
6 

Julv  16,  17,  Augusts,  6,  7,8,9,10,11,12... 
August  13,  20,  24,  25,  26.   . 

August  29,  31,  September  2,  3,  4,  5,  7  
September  11,  13,  14,  15,  10,19,20,21...  . 

11 
8 
5 

September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  29,  30 

October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  

Octol>er  7. 

October  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
22 
13 
0 
12 
16 
17 
0 
0 
0 
0 
30 
26 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

97 
92 
87 
93 
89 
97 
90 
92 
102 
82 
79 
79 
53 
73 
66 
63 
53 
46 
69 
.    97 
62 
67 
1    22 
198 
51 
6 
13 
10 
41 
35 
42 
51 
0 
6 
92 
84 
80 
92 
91 
88 
87 
104 
65 
76 
73 
76 
79 
49 
66 
42 
49 
53 
58 
57 
39 
51 
48 

13 

8 
7 
11 
5 
14 
11 
4 
11 
13 
11 
5 
7 
12 
7 
8 
4 
8 
15 
16 
10 
15 
2 
32 
2 

October  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22 

October  23  24,  26,  27  28 

October  29,  30,  November  1,  2,  3 

November  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  11 

November  12,  13,  15,  16,  17,  18  

-    November  19,  20,  21,  22,  24,  25 

November  26,  27,  29,  30,  December  1,  2... 
December  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

December  10,  14,  15,  17,  18,  19,20,22,23... 
Deceml>er  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

December  31,  January  5,  7,  8,  9,  13  

January  14,  15,  16,  17,  19,  20 

January  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  

January  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  2,  3.  .  . 
February  4,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10 

February  12,  13,  15,  16,  17  

Februarv  20,  21,  23,  24 

March  16,  17,  18  

March  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24 

March  25,  26,  27,  30,  31  

April  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7.. 

Aprils,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

April  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28. 

May  6,  7,  8,  10,  11,  12 

May  14,  19,20  

May  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2 

.3 
5 
10 
5 
10 
10 
3 
10 
4 

June  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

June  10,  11,  12,  14,  15... 

June  17,  19,  20,  21,  22 

June  24,  25,  26,  28,  29,  30.  .. 

Jdly  1,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7 

July  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  14. 

July  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21 

July  23,  25.................. 

September  7,  9,  11 

»  September  16,  17,  22,  29  

6 
4 
4 
8 
7 
9 
8 
4 
8 
6 
9 
6 
6 
5 
7 
12 
8 
5 
5 
8 
10 

October  1,  2,  3,  5...     . 

October  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  

October  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19. 

October  21,  22,  23,  25,  27 

October  28,  30,  31,  November  1,  2,  3  
November  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  

November  11,  12,  13 

November  18,  19.  20,  21,  22,  24.    . 

November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

December  2,  4,  5,  6 

December  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15 

December  16,  18,  20,  21,  22.  .. 

December  23,  24,  25,  2C,  27,  28,  29 

December  30,  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  
January  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  11   12 

January  13,  14,  15,  16,  17... 

January  20,  21,  22,  24,  26, 

January  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1,2.  .  . 
February  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14 

38       SOME   STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 
Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Feather  River  near  Oroville,  Col. 


4 

g 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

ft 

^§3 

1 

:3 

is, 

§ 

"of? 

r? 

«• 

03 

. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

•o 

3 

«* 

•0  + 

O 

SQ 

O 

^f 

0 

"3 

-g 

5 

§ 

§1 

£ 

•°8 

$ 

G 

"il 

I 

1 

§ 

0 

1 

| 

1 

5 

N 

JS 

c 

3 

1 

&" 

3 

« 

CQ 

JZ 

O 

fc 

1905-1907. 

July  8-September  7 

29 

+10  1 

121 

17 

7  5 

16 

0  00 

74 

12 

9  1 

0  03 

September  11-October  14  
October  16-November  11 

29 
24 

+  7.4 
+  8.6 

127 
152 

20 
16 

5.8 
5.0 

11 
15 

.00 
.00 

73 
60 

12 
12 

8.7 
18 

.14 

12 

November  12-December  9  

24 

.0 

106 

16 

6.5 

8.5 

.00 

75 

19 

9.3 

.04 

December  10-  January  20 

27 

96 
89 

18 
17 

6.7 
6.0 

is" 

.00 
.00 

77 
75 

17 
13 

11 

3.3 

.14 
.30 

January  22-  February  17  

24 

+  9.4 

February  20-March  31  ... 

18 

+  2.3 

101 

15 

6.0 

13 

.00 

63 

21 

7.7 

13 

April  1-May  12 

27 
22 

+  7.3 
—    .5 

132 
90 

17 
17 

4.0 
7.8 

17 
13 

.00 
.00 

68 
91 

14 
13 

11 
9.9 

.07 
.00 

May  14-June  15  

June  17-July  14 

23 

+  99 

92 

16 

5.5 

12 

7.0 

55 

5  1 

8  6 

July  15-25  

9 

+  9.2 

104 

13 

8.6 

12 

.00 

76 

15 

1.9 

.00 

October  1-27 

22 

+  8.0 

152 

14 

7.9 

18 

.00 

78 

8.6 

13 

00 

October  28-  November  24  

20 

+  2.2 

112 

15 

11.0 

14 

.00 

88 

14 

15 

.00 

November  25-  December  22 

22 

+11.6 

92 

19 

7.0 

13 

.00 

70 

17 

5.5 

.48 

December  23-  January  17 

26 

84 

18 

00 

17 

6  1 

11 

January  20-February  14. 

24 

96 

6.4 

15 

.00 

77 

4.3 

19 

T 

Mean  

6.7 

109 

17 

6.8 

14 

.44 

73 

13 

9.8 

.10 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Feather  River,  near  Oroville,  Cal. 


Month. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

2,000 

7,520 

3,300 

9,860 

14,500 

7,130 

6,610 

7,270 

February 

19,500 

5,430 

27,800 

9,610 

11,100 

21,500 

6,380 

14,500 

March 

11,100 

12,000 

39,500 

13,600 

21,600 

36  100 

7  240 

20  200 

April  . 

19,500 

19,200 

24,500 

9,400 

19,200 

28,600 

9,210 

18,500 

May 

12,100 

10,000 

17,800 

7,250 

17,500 

23,400 

8  170 

13  700 

June  

5,610 

4,330 

-7,460 

4,100 

13,800 

15,200 

5,310 

7,970 

Julv 

2,100 

2,100 

2,910 

1,790 

5,240 

6,000 

2,320 

3,210 

August  

1,540 

1,510 

1,960 

1,350 

2,490 

2,650 

1,510 

1,860 

September 

1,320 

1,230 

2,250 

1,270 

1,970 

1,900 

1,250 

1,600 

October  

1,500 

1,460 

4,140 

1  290 

1,920 

1,850 

1,650 

1,970 

November 

3,480 

19,900 

2,560 

1,320 

2,410 

1,780 

1,750 

4,740 

December 

6,290 

4,210 

5,870 

1,380 

7,070 

6,060 

1,910 

4  680 

The  year 

7,180 

7,410 

11,700 

5,180 

9,900 

12,700 

4,440 

8,350 

GALLINAS  RIVER  NEAR  LAS  VEGAS,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Gallinas  River  at  Las  Vegas 
Hot  Springs,  near  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex.,  between  March  19,  1905,  and 
March  31,  1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  near  Las  Vegas 
by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  August  13,  1903.  Stream- 
flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  dis- 
charge, for  this  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  253-254;  132,  pp.  116-118;  174,  pp.  115-117; 
210,  pp.  97-98;  248,  pp.  134-137. 


GALLTNAS   RIVER. 


39 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Gallinas 
River  at  Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs,  near  Las  Vegas,  N.'  Mex, 

[Drainage  area,  90  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 
a 

c3  4? 

•Hci 
-o 

1 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

1 

L 

fi 

1 

£ 

%3 

J"o 
s 

J 
pq 

V 

[2 
•o 

cS 
«l 

1 

•x 

•g  a 

•gS 
GO 

CO 

•d 

o 
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I 

1 

1 

I 

1905-6. 
March  19  20  21  22  23  24 

0 
0 
0 
5 
5 
7 
6 
0 
0 
7 
4 
0 
0 
36 
12 
0 
16 
6 
0 
0 
6 
6 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
0 
3 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

131 
123 
87 
84 
93 
102 
137 
179 
169 
168 
159 
133 
162 
65 
136 
165 
152 
160 
181 
177 
162 
160 
176 
112 
96 
96 
116 
134 
132 
165 
119 
116 
142 
168 
157 
160 
162 
146 
97 
130 
122 
45 

14 

8 
6 
4 
4 
13 
14 
19 
19 
21 
12 
12 
16 
6 
2 
16 
30 
78 
68 
65 
61 
56 
49 
9 
11 
10 
28 
16 
13 
14 
18 
22 
22 
40 
23 
21 
56 
33 
24 
18 
11 
19 

14 
34 

24 
12 
6 
206 
0 
40 
58 
42 
70 
374 
0 
10 
54 
58 
0 
26 
28 
0 
30 
0 
8 
128 
76 
0 
2 
112 
0 
136 
18 
54 
4 
8 
10 
104 
8 
40 
0 
8 
72 
34 

168 
156 
120 
126 
148 
158 
202 
250 
244 
244 
220 
164 
192 
214 
212 
158 
240 
378 
386 
374 
344 
318 
298 
184 
126 
216 
214 
172 
258 
152 
156 
190 
198 
216 
230 
178 
220 
180 
164 
186 
136 
150 

2.2 
3.1 
2.8 
2.6 
2.4 
2.2 
2.0 
1.8 
1.9 
1.8 
2.0 
2.1 
1.9 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.6 
1.6 
1.6 
1.6 
1.6 
1.6 
2.0 
2.3 
1.9 
1.9 
1.8 
1.9 
1.9 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.8 
1.9 
1.9 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.2 

63 
327 
209 
137 
107 
64 
31 
16 
18 
15 
37 
49 
24 
13 
12 
14 
10 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
4 
31 
105 
17 
22 
15 
20 
14 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
17 
14 
20 
23 
20 
44 

2 
30 
•  14 
4 
2 
36 
0 
2 
3 
2 
7 
49 
0 
0 
2 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
11 
22 
0 
0 
5 
0 
5 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
2 
0 
0 
4 
4 

29 
138 
68 
47 
43 
27 
17 
11 
12 
10 
22 
22 
12 
8 
7 
6 
6 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
15 
36 
10 
13 
7 
14 
6 
3 
4 
4 
5 
5 
4 
10 
7 
9 
12 
7 
16 

April  26,  27,  28,  29,  30            

May  10  11   12  13 

May  14.  15.  June  1,2,3       

June  5  6  7  8  9  10                                         

June  11  12  14  15  16  17 

June  18,  19,  28,  29                                    

June  30  July  1  2  3  4  5  6,  7,  8 

July  9  21.22 

July  25  26  27  28  29 

July  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  

August  6  789  10,11,12 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  

August  20  21  22,23,24,25,26 

August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  

September  8  9  10,  11,  13,  14 

September  15,  16,  18,  19,  20,  22,  23  

September  24,  October  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  
October  17,  18,  20,  21,  22,  23  

October  25  26,27,28                                     .   . 

October  29,  30,  November  1,  2,  3,  4  

November  5,  6,8,  9,  11                    ... 

November  12  13  14  15,  16,  18 

November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  

November  26  27  28  29  30,  December  1,  2 

December  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

December  10  11,12,13,14,15,16 

December  17,  18,  19,20,  21,22,  23  

December  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

December  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

January  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

January  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

January  28,  29,30,  31,  February  1,2  

February  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9. 

February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

February  18,  19,  20,  21  ,  22.  23,  24  . 

February  25,  26,  27,  March  1,  2 

March  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  10      ... 

March  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

March  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

March  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31 

40       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Gallinas  River  at  Las  Vegas  Hot 
Springs,  near  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex. 


i 

5- 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

A 

^<s 

i 

& 

, 

o> 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

n 

^ 

'bo 

a 

TT  + 

| 

03 
0^? 

| 

A 

3 

•3 

9 

o 

£H 

c  a 

O 

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1 

| 

It 

I 

Ifl 

1 

c 

£ 

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1 

& 

1 

N 

p^ 

o 

S 

5" 

i 

pq 

3 

GQ 

§ 

1905-6. 

March  19-  June  3  

20 

+8  8 

156 

24 

3  3 

12 

0  00 

74 

16 

4  5 

0  14 

June  5-July  8 

25 
22 
25 

+1.6 

154 
238 
218 

24 

3.5 
2.4 

2  8 

12 
oil 
11 

.00 
5.5 
00 

86 
66 
80 

14 
12 
9  6 

7.8 
6.3 
6  9 

.12 
.08 
08 

July  9-August  12  

August  13-September  14 

September  15-October  28  

24 

+  1.7 

331 

15 

1.8 

17 

.00 

55 

11 

17 

.01 

October  29-November  25 

25 

+3  8 

300 

16 

2  1 

18 

.00 

61 

11 

15 

03 

November  26-December  23 

28 

158 

3  5 

15 

00 

71 

13 

8  2 

11 

December  25-January  20    .... 

27 
28 

+4.9 
-3.0 

168 
190 

21 
20 

2.9 
3.3 

17 
13 

.00 
.00 

77 
71 

13 

11 

11 
21 

.05 
.05 

January  21-  February  17  

February  18-March  17  

25 

+4  5 

172 

23 

3.3 

12 

.00 

73 

12 

10 

.00 

March  18-31 

14 

164 

11 

00 

79 

13 

7  9 

02 

Mean 

4.0 

204 

20 

2.9 

14 

.50 

72 

12 

11 

.06 

o  Sodium  is  87.5  per  cent  and  potassium  is  16.5  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Gallinas  River  near  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean 

January 

12 

g 

14 

3 

10 

February  .  .          .         ... 

40 

11 

15 

6 

18 

March 

93 

26 

28 

7 

38 

April... 

177 

99 

44 

29 

87 

May 

206 

101 

91 

28 

107 

June  

63 

32 

64 

11 

42 

July 

17 

38 

25 

16 

24 

August  

27 

22 

27 

65 

35 

September 

14 

15 

23 

12 

16 

October  

o33 

4 

17 

2 

1 

12 

November 

14 

32 

16 

3 

1 

13 

December                         . 

10 

19 

46 

4 

5 

17 

Mean  

58 

36 

28 

15 

35 

a  October  8-31: 

« 
GILA  RIVER  NEAR  SAN  CARLOS,  ARIZ. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Gila  River  near  San  Carlos, 
Ariz.,  between  April  9,  1905,  and  January  20,  1906.  A  gaging  station 
was  established  near  San  Carlos  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  July  11,  1899,  and  was  discontinued  December  31,  1905. 
Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates 
of  discharge,  for  that  point  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in 
the  following  reports: 

Annual  Reports:  21,  IV,  p.  332;  22,  IV,  pp.  397-398. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  33,  p.  30;  38,  pp.  313-314;  39,  p.  452;  50,  pp.  385-386; 

52,  p.  520;  66,  pp.  98-99;  75,  pp.  179-180;  85,  pp.  32-35;  100,  pp.  48-51; 

133,  pp.  199-204;  175,  pp.  162-163. 


GTLA   RIVER. 


41 


Partial  analyses  and  gage  heights  for  Gila  River  near  San  Carlos,  Ariz. 
[Drainage  area,  13,500  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean 

iSS, 

(feet). 

Carbon- 

:itc  r:uli- 

cle(CO,). 

Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC08). 

Chlorine 
radicle 
(d). 

Sus- 
prmlnl 

matter 
(Sm). 

Dis- 
solved 
solids 
(Ds). 

1905-6. 
April  9  10  11,  12 

5 
1 
0 
0 
10 
10 
6 
6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
12 
0 
0 
5 
8 
0 
12 
0 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

142 
146 
140 
147 
145 
156 
170 
195 
210 
256 
251 
256 
254 
279 
273 
221 
200 
195 
238 
298 
296 
313 
208 
230 
240 
211 
241 
240 
250 
255 

37 
64 
48 
70 
100 
119 
146 
190 
210 
314 
434 
435 
324 
466 
408 
172 
302 
176 
314 
360 
446 
453 
236 
204 
182 
123 
172 
162 
190 
.      203 

9,820 
5,410 
9,580 
4,150 
2,270 
1,770 
1,020 
710 
2,320 
474 
120 
138 
3,170 
408 
3,900 
20,400 
5,230 
24,700 
3,140 
930 
240 
126 
9,950 
3,160 
3,940 
1,920 
940 
954 
684 
540 

302 
338 
312 
332 
402 
470 
520 
614 
1,800 
970 
1,190 
1,240 
938 
1,280 
1,080 
560 
850 
650 
926 
1,050 
1,260 
1,260 
•    764 
672 
642 
552 
680 
590 
626 
694 

13.0 
14.2 
14.3 
13.2 
12.2 
11.8 
11.5 
11.1 
11.2 
11.0 
10.7 
10.5 
10.6 
10.5 
10.2 
11.5 
11.2 
11.6 
11.8 
11.3 
11.2 
11.1 
11.9 
11.8 
12.3 

April  17,  18,  19,  20. 

April  24,  25  2(i,  28,  29 

April  30,  May  3,  4,  5,  6  

May  10,  11,  12. 

May  14,  Ifi,  17,  18,  19  

May  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  2  

June  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15 

June  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  23  24 

June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1  

July  2,  3  5,  6,  7 

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

July  16,  17,  22 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  

July  29,  30,  31,  August  12 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  

August  20,  22,  23,  September  5,  7 

September  10,  16,  21,  October  1,  2.  6,  7  
October  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  
October  15,  16,  17,  21  ,  22,  23,  24  
Octol>er  25,  2(>,  30,  31,  November  2,  3,  4.  ... 
November  5  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18:  

November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25 

December  5,6,7,8..                  

December  10,  11,  13,  14,  15,  16 

December  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

December  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

December  31,  January  1,2  



• 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Gila  River  near  San  Carlos, 

Ariz. 


i 

It 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

1 

, 

<u 

£> 

2S, 

g 

oM 

g 

03 

• 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

•3 

3 

2 

T!  + 

o 

SX 
O    «o 

O 

0 

*s 

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H 

C  c3 

oO 

s—  ' 

& 

1 

£§ 

5 

's 

35 

I 

w° 

£ 

§ 

"I 

1 

$  S 

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^ 

O 

I 

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2 

fc 

w 

Q 

.3 

1 

^'s 

a 

« 

3 
00 

i 

2 

1905-C. 

April  9-May  6 

18 
20 

+1.7 
+  .8 

312 
556 

12 
11 

3.1 
3  1 

19 
18 

0.00 
00 

48 
36 

12 
12 

20 
27 

0.10 
04 

May  10-June  2  

June  9-  July  7 

26 
20 

+  .5 

—  .8 

915 

942 

9.6 
10 

2.8 
3.0 

22 
o20 

.33 
00 

27 
27 

12 

12 

34 
35 

T. 
02 

July  9-August  12  

August  13-October  14 

26 
29 

+4.8 
-  .1 

902 
986 

12 

12 

2.6 
2.9 

21 
22 

.00 
.00 

29 
.36 

12 
12 

31 
33 

'    .02 
.01 

Octoter  15-November  18  

November  19-  December  23  
Deceml)er  24-  January  2 

24 
10 

+1.9 
+    0 

620 
656 

12 
11 

3.2 
3  1 

18 
21 

.00 
00 

37 
37 

12 
12 

28 
30 

.03 
04 

Mean  ,... 

1.3 

736 

11 

3.0 

20 

.04 

35 

12 

30 

.03 

a  Sodium  is  96  per  cent  and  potassium  is  5.9  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


42       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Gila  River  near  San  Carlos,  Ariz. 


Month. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

Mean. 

January  

199 

100 

141 

32 

118 

February... 

1  OSO 

55 

58 

33 

306 

March 

446 

10 

37 

11 

126 

April... 

a  530 

53 

o 

55 

5 

130 

May 

307 

5 

o 

4 

9 

65 

June 

63 

3 

o 

116 

o 

36 

July  

ft  1.780 

o 

368 

19 

52 

143 

394 

August 

405 

12  300 

536 

792 

877 

952 

2  640 

September  

453 

50.300 

250 

98 

281 

232 

8,600 

October 

c!61 

2  580 

91 

o 

118 

825 

629 

November 

10  500 

232 

o 

57 

112 

2  180 

December  

5,720 

109 

558 

34 

306 

1,350 

The  year  

281 

136 

152 

222 

1,380 

a  Approximate. 


b  July  11-31. 


October  1-14. 


GRAND  RIVER  NEAR  KREMMLING,  COLO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Grand  River  at  Gore  Canyon 
near  Kremmling,  Colo.,  from  April  23,  1905,  to  May  15,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  at  Gore  Canyon  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  July  24,  1904.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have 
been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  133,  pp.  137-139;  175,  pp.  78-81;  211,  pp.  69-71;  249 
pp.  95-98. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of 
at  Gore  Canyon,  near  Kremmli't 


water  and  solids  for  Grand  River 


ing,  Colo. 


[Drainage  area,  2,380  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

•1 

3 

§. 

1 

w 

«2 

fl 

g 

Dates. 

1 

1 

£ 

i 

o 

&> 

•3 

^ 

20 

'•3 

—  & 

"OT" 

jj 

9 

1 

|s 

jjg 

a 

II 

"SB 
> 

£ 

1 

« 

13 

1 

3 

5 

i 

GQ  . 

1 

I 

§ 

W 

3 

1905-6. 

April  23,  24,  26... 

o 

110 

22 

2,240 

204 

3.5 

1,000 

6,050 

551 

May  11,  12,  13 

o 

90 

3 

106 

134 

6.2 

2,190 

627 

792 

May  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

o 

75 

6 

180 

122 

7.2 

2,800 

1,360 

922 

May  21,  22,  24,  25,  26,  27 

o 

72 

8 

162 

176 

10.8 

5,520 

2,020 

2,620 

May  28  29  31  June  1  2 

o 

59 

5 

258 

110 

11.  1 

6,010 

4  180 

1,780 

June  5,  6,  7,  9  

o 

56 

g 

202 

84 

15.1 

11,400 

6,220 

2,590 

June  10,  11,  12  13  15  16 

o 

55 

13 

134 

108 

13.8 

9,630 

3,480 

2,810 

July  5,  6,  7  

0 
0 
0 

66 
56 
69 

8 
10 
4 

116 
64 
66 

120 
164 
152 

6.6 
5.8 
5.5 

2,480 
1,970 
1,790 

776 
341 
319 

803 
872 
734 

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15 

July  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.  .  . 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28 

0 

o 

76 
65 

8 
18 

30 
62 

192 
148 

4.5 

4.8 

1,370 
1,210 

111 
202 

710 

•1.V5 

August  1,  2,  3,  4  5 

August  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11.. 

o 

68 

g 

96 

104 

3.4 

976 

253 

274 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  18,  19 

o 

56 

2 

32 

152 

3.  1 

863 

75 

354 

August  20,  21,  23,  24,  25,  26.. 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

70 
59 
73 
78 
79 

9 

'"» 
5 
6 

90 
112 
56 
84 
168 

124 
110 
80 
76 
112 

2.4 
2.6 
2.4 
1.7 
1.7 

702 
634 
472 
455 

158 
212 
96 
107 
206 

218 
208 
137 
97 
137 

August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September  1,  2.  . 
September  3,  4,  5,  6.  7,  8,  9  

September  15,  16,  1$,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  
September  24,  26,  28,  29,  30,  October  1,  2.  . 

October  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,16... 

0 

99 

7 

96 

134 

1.5 

414 

107 

150 

GRAND   RIVER. 


43 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Grand  /,'  .•'• .  r 
at  Gore  Canyon,  near  Kremmling,  Colo. — Continued. 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

f 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

I 

1 

. 

. 

8 

g 

g 

•o 

i 

h 

Dates. 

jj 

2  • 

3 

a 

o 

X 

a 

S 

jj 

J^" 

|i 

1 

B 

•olT 
1* 

05^ 

fl 

i 

•o 

1 

1 

§ 

I 

£ 

§ 

1 

i 

1 

o 

B 

§ 

CG 

H 

S 

a 

o 

1905-6. 

October  17,  18,  19,  20,  21 

0 

84 

7 

104 

114 

.8 

483 

136 

149 

October  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  28  

o 

75 

8 

46 

104 

.7 

477 

BO 

134 

October  29,  30,  31,  November  1 

o 

87 

5 

76 

106 

.7 

I''." 

95 

132 

November  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

o 

88 

13 

78 

130 

5 

431 

91 

151 

November  12,  13,  14,  16,  17  

o 

92 

7 

148 

168 

.5 

411 

164 

186 

December  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  13,  17 

0 
0 

96 
94 

7 
7 

0 
56 

180 
124 

.3 
.5 

391 
255 

0 
39 

190 
85 

December  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  28,  30  

January  10,  11,  12,  13... 

o 

99 

7 

10 

122 

January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  20 

o 

96 

7 

48 

144 

January  21,  22,  23,  24,  26,  28  
January  30,  February  2,  5,  6  7,  8  9  10 

0 

o 

102 
87 

7 
5 

26 
14 

118 
128 

February  11,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

13 

59 

18 

0 

138 

February  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24 

o 

87 

13 

112 

120 

March  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

o 

84 

14 

32 

96 

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

o 

87 

10 

24 

142 

March  18,  19,  20,  22  

0 

88 

19 

8 

170 

March  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31 

o 

86 

19 

144 

208 

April  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  7 

10 

72 

14 

240 

144 

3.5 

020 

661 

396 

April  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14     . 

o 

82 

10 

264 

166 

3.7 

,090 

777 

488 

April  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  23  

28 

20 

2 

254 

116 

5.0 

,640 

1,120 

513 

April  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30  

6 

51 

5 

158 

118 

5.4 

,950 

831 

621 

May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5 

o 

83 

3 

132 

116 

5.3 

730 

616 

542 

May  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

6 

51 

5 

302 

162 

8.4 

3,810 

3,110 

1,670 

May  13,  14,  15.  . 

0 

108 

5 

188 

76 

9.0 

4,220 

2,140 

866 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Grand  River  at  Gore  Canyon, 

near  Kremmling,  Colo. 


1 

dj 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

t>, 

II 

x 

Ix 

i 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

a 

a 

|4 

O 
O 

g 

O 
02 

g 

O 

"o 

1 

i 

li 

j 

1 

•2  3 

Si 

1 

1 

1 

1 

fc 

H 

ft 

0 

a 

3 

0 

ffl 

02 

0 

fc 

1905-6. 

April  23-May  27  

19 

-  2.2 

119 

16 

4.5 

12 

o.oo 

68 

23 

5.3 

0.15 

August  6-September  2  
September  3-October  16  

25 
29 

100 
114 

24 

4.8 
6.1 

13 
12 

.00 
.00 

66 
68 

21 

25 

4.2 
9.7 

.04 
.19 

October  17-  November  11  

20 

128 

23 

7.6 

15 

.00 

21 

5.5 

.03 

November  12-  January  13  
January  14-  February  17  

24 
27 
26 

+  8.3 
-  2.7 
+  10  8 

144 
120 
91 

19 
21 
25 

5.2 
4.2 
6  5 

17 
12 
15 

.00 
.00 
00 

68 
70 
98 

21 
26 
11 

8.3 
9.2 
5  4 

.09 
.11 
.00 

February  18-March  22 

March  25-  April  23 

29 

+  35 

160 

21 

4.6 

10 

oo 

60 

23 

8.8 

08 

April  25-May  15  

21 

—  5.3 

140 

16 

5.3 

14 

.00 

79 

21 

11 

.03 

Mean 

5.8 

124 

21 

5.4 

13 

.00 

72 

21 

7.5 

.08 

44       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Grand  River  near  Kremmling,  Colo. 


Month. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

^inuary 

314 

304 

309 

February  

316 

a384 

306 

335 

March 

390 

874 

419 

561 

April... 

924 

1  440 

1  690 

1  290 

1  340 

Ma>  

3  520 

5  060 

3  680 

2  390 

3  660 

June 

8  000 

7  080 

9  170 

4  720 

7  240 

July  

b  1  760 

2  050 

3  290 

6  220 

2  010 

3  070 

August  . 

1  310 

866 

1  400 

1  700 

1  310 

1*320 

September  

893 

532 

1  160 

'784 

597 

793 

October 

646 

475 

817 

719 

488 

629 

November 

c470 

419 

546 

407 

390 

446 

December  

325 

c477 

259 

303 

341 

The  year  

1  510 

1  210 

1  670 

«  February  18-28. 


b  July  24-31. 


Approximate. 


GRAND   RIVER   NEAR   PALISADE,  COLO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Grand  River  at  a  highway 
bridge  near  Palisade,  Colo.,  from  March  15,  1905,  to  May  5,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  near  Palisade  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  April  9,  1902.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have 
been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Annual  Reports:  19,  IV,  p.  401;  20,  IV,  pp.  378-389. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  85,  pp.  46-48;  100,  pp.  87-89;  133,  pp.  142-144;  175, 
pp.  84-86;  211,  pp.  74-75;  249,  pp.  105-107. 

Monthly  discharge  estimates  for  Grand  River  at  Grand  Junction, 
Colo.,  12  miles  below  Palisade  and  below  the  headings  of  canals  in 
the  Grand  Valley  have  been  published  as  follows:0 

Annual  Reports:  19,  IV,  p.  401;  20,  IV,  pp.  378,  389;  21,  IV,  p.  281. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  74,  pp.  130-131. 


a  See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  pp.  215-216. 


CKAND  RIVER. 


45 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Grand  River 
at  highway  bridge  near  Palisade,  Colo. 

[Drainage  area,  8,550  square  miles.) 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

if 

I1 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

i! 
I 

1 

go 

5 

f 

3® 

co 

it 

co 

1 
I 

Q 

1905-6. 
March  15  16  17  18 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
14 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

104 
93 
94 
95 
97 
94 
114 
94 
108 
84 
100 
101 
103 
107 
141 
146 
140 
132 
162 
149 
160 
182 
191 
160 
163 
160 
182 
160 

7 
7 
7 
7 
6 
4 
22 
44 
44 
37 
50 
62 
83 
108 
110 
146 
157 
174 
191 
177 
185 
198 
195 
97 
106 
87 
53 
53 

12 
1 
22 
64 
240 
186 
564 
240 
198 
56 
74 
58 
278 
94 
158 
482 
156 
200 
386 
740 
72 
340 
90 
4,340 
3,370 
924 
1,390 
1,320 

192 
183 

164 
162 
164 
156 
192 
.238 
314 
248 
262 
354 
344 
440 
462 
544 
534 
720 
788 
802 
748 
754 
764 
540 
530 
480 
414 
440 

March  19*  20  9l'  22  23  24 

March  °G  27 

Vpril  ''3456 

12.5 
13.2 
13.4 
16.1 
20.8 
18.6 
17.6 
15.8 
14.9 
14.6 
13.9 
13.9 
13.4 
13.3 
12.7 
12.7 
12.8 
12.7 
12.7 
12.7 
13.0 
13.8 
14.1 
15.7 
15.0 

1,600 
2,550 
2,770 
9,890 
29,000 
18,800 
14,700 
8,690 
6,100 
5,310 
3,9€0 
3,810 
2,810 
2,610 
1,840 
1,830 
1,930 
1,810 
1,810 
1,860 
2,270 
3,600 
4,240 
8,290 
6,580 

.    276 
1,650 
1,390 

15.  (MM) 

is,  son 
10,000 
2,200 
1,740 
955 
3,990 
1,000 
1,620 
3,660 
1,100 
993 
1,910 
3,860 
352 
1,660 
452 
26,600 
32,700 
10,600 
31,200 
23,400 

699 
1,130 
1,170 
5,120 
18,600 
15,900 
9,850 
6,150 
5,830 
4,940 
4,700 
4,750 
4,130 
3,760 
3,580 
3,890 
4,180 
3,650 

3^840 
3,310 
'5,150 
5,500 
9,280 
7,810 

April  9  10  11   12  13  14 

April  16  20  21,  22 

May  4  5  6  7  8  9  13  20  27 

June  3  10  12  13,  14,  15,  16    

June  18  19  20  21  22  23  24 

June  25*  26  27  28  29  30  July  1 

Julv  ''345678 

Julv  9,  10  12,  13,  14,  15  

Julv  Iti  17  18  19  20  21,  22 

Julv  ''3  °4  25  26  27  28  29 

lulv  it)  August  1  2,3,4,5           

August  6  7  8  9  10  11   12 

August  13  14  15,16,17,18  

August  20  21   22  23  26 

August  27?,  28,  29,  30,  September  1,  2.  .  . 
September  3  4  5  6  18  19 

September  7,  8,  9,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18.  . 
October  21  22  23  24  25,  26,  27 

October  30  31 

\pril  1234567 

\pril  s  9  10  11   12  13  14 

\prill5  16,17,18,19,20,21  

April  22  23  24  25  26  27  28 

April  29  30,  May  1,  2,  4,  5  

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Grand  River  at  highway  bridge 

near  Palisade,  Colo. 


i 

§? 

Radicl 

esinp 

er  cent 

Ofdis. 

solved 

solids. 

1 

co- 

• 

>f 

•p 

3 
^i 

3 

03 

^ 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

"3 

'd 
*o 

i 

•gS 

§ 

s 

| 

It 

o 
3 

If 

O 

CO. 

a 

03 

o 
J 

0 
fc 

1 

0 

Is 

2 

i 

.ss 

H 

O 

i 

0 

2 

& 

pa 

« 

o 

S 

£w 

CJ 

« 

CQ 

O 

fc 

1905-6. 

March  15-April  22  . 

25 

+1  8 

167 

17 

4  i 

13 

1  5 

56 

22 

8  4 

0.00 

Mav  4-July  1 

30 

+4  9 

174 

20 

4  o 

20 

00 

64 

26 

14 

.07 

Julv  2-29...       . 

27 

+03 

341 

10 

6  7 

00 

35 

21 

26 

.03 

Julv  30-August  26 

24 

+0  9 

524 

16 

1  3 

big 

00 

27 

23 

25 

.01 

August  27-September  18 

28 

+2  9 

755 

15 

2  8 

17 

.00 

23 

26 

25 

.01 

April  1-28  

28 

+5  7 

466 

13 

5  4 

17 

00 

37 

23 

20 

.05 

\pril  29-  May  5 

6 

443 

17 

3  8 

14 

00 

36 

21 

Mean 

2  8 

410 

15 

4  1 

16 

21 

40 

23 

20 

.03 

a  Sodium  is  89  per  cent  and  potassium  is  15  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
6  Sodium  is  96  per  cent  and  potassium  is  5.3  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


46        SOME   STREAM    WATEES   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Grand  River  near  Palisade,  Colo. 


Month. 

1897.a 

1898.a 

1899.a 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

61,000 

62,940 

1,300 

1  750 

February  

c  1,050 

c2,980 

1,460 

1.320 

1,700 

March 

b  1  100 

&2.110 

1  800 

2  240 

1  630 

1  780 

April... 

3,720 

64,300 

3,940 

2,230 

2,400 

3,910 

2,640 

4,730 

5,250 

3  900 

3  700 

May 

29,400 

7,130 

19,400 

11,800 

9  030 

12  800 

13  100 

18  600 

10  500 

6  720 

13  800 

June  

25.400 

13,700 

31,300 

8,870 

18,400 

16,500 

24,400 

23,500 

24.  SOU 

14,600 

20  100 

July 

8,830 

4,440 

14,100 

3  020 

8  850 

7  400 

6  080 

9  820 

17  000 

5  670 

8  520 

August  

3,000 

1,130 

4,580 

1,480 

2,280 

3,240 

2,530 

3,800 

4,890 

3,550 

3  050 

September    .  . 

1,800 

907 

2,160 

1,490 

2,330 

2,650 

1,830 

3  340 

2  600 

1  760 

2  090 

October  

1,810 

915 

1,950 

2,100 

2,140 

1,750 

2,850 

2,640 

1,890 

2,000 

November  

1,660 

1,070 

1,820 

1  600 

1  540 

December 

*>1  550 

1  010 

1  370 

1  320 

1  310 

The  year 

6,690 

3,550 

3  770 

5  110 

At  Grand  Junction,  Colo. 


6  Approximate. 


February  15-28. 


GREEN  RIVER  NEAR  GREEN  RIVER,  WYO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Green  River  at  a  railroad 
bridge  near  Green  River,  Wyo.,  from  May  1  to  November  1,  1905. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  at  this  bridge  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  May  2,  1895,  and  was  discontinued  October  31, 
1906.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and 
estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the 
Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Annual  Reports:  18,  IV,  pp.  272-275;  19,  IV,  pp.  395-396;  20,  IV,  pp.  380-381; 
21,  IV,  pp.  302-303. 

Bulletin:  140,  p.  201. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  16,  p.  135;  28,  pp.  131,  142,  144;  37,  pp.  286-287;  39, 
p.  451;  50,  pp.  366-367;  66,  pp.  82,  173;  75,  p.  164;  85,  pp.  75-77;  100, 
p.  124;  133,  pp.  53-56;  175,  pp.  14-17;  211,  pp.  25-26. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Green  River  at 
railroad  bridge  near  Green  River,  Wyo. 

[Drainage  area,  7,450  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

,13 
M 
'a> 

1 
I 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

"£"3 

3 

si 

"o 
ll 

2 
B 

®  'S' 

$ 

Q 

<D 

5jj 

0 
CO 

i 

1-3 

5 

1905. 
May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6 

0 
18 
12 
8 
8 
0 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
7 
0 
0 
13 
10 
0 
11 
7 
0 

176 
165 
162 
137 
116 
87 
102 
112 
97 
94 
97 
104 
115 
110 
115 
127 
73 
104 

Ml 

185 

22 
8 
10 
9 
8 
5 
10 
12 
48 
15 
9 
10 
12 
12 
12 
18 
14 
7 
10 
11 
33 
15 

82 
2 
26 
218 
494 
310 
18 
38 
44 
84 
56 
52 
42 
18 
0 
0 
50 

70 
40 
50 
22 

302 
336 
330 
272 
230 
132 
280 
252 
242 
198 
168 
142 
202 
232 
224 
246 
312 

m 

170 
326 
380 
368 

1.6 
1.5 
1.3 
2.0 
2.8 
3.7 
3.8 
3.6 
3.2 
3.1 
2.7 
2.7 
2.3 
1.9 
1.6 
1.3 
1.2 
1.2 
1.1 
0.6 
0.5 
0.5 

1.300 
1,210 
943 
1,890 
3,370 
6,200 
6,810 
6,220 
5,480 
4.  (ISO 
3,510 
3,440 
2,360 
1,670 
1,310 
1.020 
900 
900 
793 
487 
445 
434 

288 
7 
66 
1,110 
4,500 
5,190 
331 
6M 
651 
1,060 
531 
483 

81 
0 
0 
121 
87 
150 
53 
60 
26 

1,060 
1,100 
840 
1.390 
2,090 
2,210 
5,150 
4,230 
3,580 
2,500 
1,590 
1,320 
1,290 
1,050 
794 
877 
757 
578 
364 
428 
457 
432 

May  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  

May  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20 

May  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27  

May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2,  3. 

June  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 

June  11,  13,  14,  15,  16.  .   . 

June  18,  19  20  21  22  23,  24 

June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1  . 

July  2  3  4  5  6,  7,  8 

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15.  .  . 

July  16,  17,  18,  19  20,  21,  22 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

July30,.'il    \imust  1,  2,  3,  4,  5. 

August  f,.  7,  V  it.  Id 

August  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19.  .      . 

August  20  21    23  24  25  26 

August  27.  28,  29,  30,  31,  September  4,  5.  . 
September  6  7,  8  9  14  15 

September  16,  17,  18,  October  17,  18.  19,  20. 
October  21,  22,  23,  24,  25.  26 

October  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  November  1..  .  . 

GREEN   RIVER. 


47 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Green  River  at  railroad  bridge  near 

Green  River,  Wyo. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

| 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

§ 

i 

^ 

w> 

a 
a 

Sodium  and  potas- 
sium (Na+fK). 

^ 

O 

o 

s 

1  Bicarbonate 
(HCOs). 

d 

Cfl 

I 

S 

i 

""w 
O 
fc 

fc 

1905. 
May  1-27 

27 
26 
28 
25 
26 
12 

+1.2 
+3.9 
-5.3 

+7.7 
+8.6 
-0.6 

294 
170 

1SS 
20S 
271 
336 

18 
18 
15 
17 
20 
15 

5.8 
6.5 
4.3 
4.7 
4.8 
5.6 

9.5 
12 
15 
o!6 
13 
13 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

64 
66 
54 

r>o 

53 
53 

29 
28 
36 
28 
33 
38 

4.1 
5.4 
12 
4.4 
5.2 
5.1 

0.13 
.02 
.01 
.04 
.07 
.04 

May  28-  June  24 

June  25-July  22     

July  23-August  19 

August  20-October  20  

October  21-November  1 

Mean 

4.6 

244 

17 

5.3 

13 

.00 

58 

33 

6.0 

.05 

o  Sodium  is  96  per  cent  and  potassium  is  5.5  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Green  River  near  Green  River,  Wyo. 


Month. 

1895. 

1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

1901. 

1902. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

Mean. 

January 

ol,800 

1,880 

ol,840 

"  1  900 

2  200 

a  2  050 

March 

al,900 

1,860 

ol.880 

April 

ol,020 

1,960 

2,660 

1,600 

1,320 

844 

1,960 

883 

2,040 

1,590 

Mav 

3,970 

2,140 

9,770 

4,060 

3,270 

6,750 

2,260 

6,130 

1,580 

5,030 

4,500 

June  

4,550 

11,800 

7,550 

9,060 

12,500 

5,420 

7,100 

10,200 

5,950 

6,830 

8,100 

Jnlv 

4,120 

4,200 

2,790 

4,620 

14,500 

2,750 

2,670 

5,260 

3,460 

4,860 

4,920 

August 

1.700 

1,470 

1,600 

1.420 

5,170 

1,410 

1.390 

2,040 

1,120 

2,240 

1,960 

September  
October 

638 
472 

869 
o745 

462 
1,010 

646 
347 

2,060 
1,820 

632 

656 
329 

890 
698 

639 
486 

1,260 
660 

875 
730 

November 

a309 

o800 

760 

405 

1,700 

795 

December  

1,080 

o600 

o849 

1,680 

1,050 

The  year  .... 

2,680 

4,190 

2,520 

a  Approximate. 
GREEN  RIVER  NEAR  JENSEN,  UTAH. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Green  River  at  Billings 
ferry,  near  Jensen,  Utah,  from  March  24,  1905,  to  May  11,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  at  the  ferry  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  November  7,  1903,  and  was  discontinued  October 
31,  1906.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables, 
and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  published  by 
the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  100,  pp.  123-124;  133,  pp.  56-58;  175,  p.  17;  211,  pp. 
26-28. 


48       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solidsjor  Green  River  at 
Billings  ferry,  near  Jensen,  Utah. 


[Drainage  area,  26,600  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

«• 
1 

1 

If 
1 

S 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

£ 

.S 

1. 

2? 
3£ 
1 

a 

iL 

si 

§3 

p 

n 

£ 

3 

1 

gO 

~ 
G 

1 

a 

S^ 

*O  32 

I 

n 

3 

1 

ft 
Q 

02 

1 
3 

1905-6. 
March  24,  27,  April  7  .  . 

12 
5 
4 
0 
0 
10 
6 
0 

o- 

0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
12 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 

II 

7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
12 
0 
0 
0 
n 
0 
0 
0 
28 

142 
159 
168 
153 
142 
113 
116 
125 
97 
96 
90 
88 
97 
87 
98 
99 
94 
132 
124 
126 
111 
135 
138 
130 
143 
146 
167 
152 
149 
164 
180 
182 
185 
205 
254 
243 
238 
218 
203 
191 
190 
1(17 
160 
156 
1  1:, 
444 
144 
131 
153 
73 

36 
26 
28 
18 
16 
18 
12 
37 
8 
8 
21 
12 
15 
8 
15 
15 
20 
25 
26 
28 
29 
29 
35 
37 
42 
47 
52 
49 
41 
36 
35 
49 
53 
56 
63 
58 
61 
54 
49 
67 
35 
60 
37 
40 
39 
48 
24 
16 
14 
10 

546 
1,830 
3,440 
1,210 
2,630 
858 
654 
1,430 
724 
824 
362 
224 
250 
50 
68 
76 
170 
856 
142 
1,220 
108 
124 
1,230 
128 
538 
17,100 
1,980 
430 
142 
114 
122 
52 
142 
84 
76 
94 
24 
12 
30 
114 
168 
222 
1,810 
9,970 
510 
2,060 
1,060 
1,450 
1,010 
1,030 

374 

392 
346 
284 
224 
216 
222 
396 
150 
144 
236 
172 
174 
218 
194 
198 
200 
296 
256 
302 
200 
294 
330 
312 
364 
820 
478 
432 
414 
414 
436 
466 
406 
540 
568 
560 
542 
474 
520 
390 
372 
522 
410 
544 
380 
398 
316 
254 
248 
256 

April  9,  10.  11,  12,  13,  14  

April  17  18  19  20 

April  25,26,27,28,29  

April  30  May  1  2  3,  4  5 

May  0,8,9,  10,  11,  12,  13  

May  14  15,16.17,18,19,20 

May  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27  

May  28  29,30,31,  June  1,2,3 

9.0 
10.6 
10.2 
8.7 
7.3 
6.5 
5.4 
4.8 
4.2 
3.7 

16,000 
23,000 
21,000 
15,000 
10,000 
8,000 
6,000 
5,000 
3,500 
3,000 

31,300 
51,100 
20,500 
9,070 
6,750 
1,080 
1,100 
1,030 
1,610 
4,500 

6,480 
8,940 
13.400 
6,970 
4,700 
4,710 
3,140 
2,670 
1,890 
2,400 

June  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  

June  11,  12.  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

June  18  19  20  21  22  23  24 

June  25,26,27,28,29,30,  July  1.  ..   . 

July  234568 

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

July  16  17  18  19  20  21  22 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

July  30  31,  August  1,2,3,4,5 

August  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 

August  13  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

August  20  21  22  23  24  25  26 

August  27,  28,  30,  31,  September  1,2  
September  345678 

September  9,  10,11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

September  16  17  18  19,21,24 

September  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  October  1,  2. 
October  3  4  5  6,  7,8,9,  10  

October  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18 

October  20  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  

October  29,  30,  31,  November  1,3  
November  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  

• 

November  12  13  14  15  17,  18 

November  22,  23,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  
December  4  5  6  9  10  13,  14,  15 

December  16  18  19  22 

December  24  25  26  27  28,  29 

January  1  2  3  9  10  11  13 

January  14  15?16  17  18  19 

January  30J  February  1  ,  8.4,  8,  9,  16  
February  19  20  21  22  23  24 

March  123 

March  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 

March  11  12  13  14 

5.9 
6.9 
6.7 
5.7 
6.6 
7.9 
7.0 
8.8 

6,000 
9,880 
8,560 
5,410 
7,800 
11,900 
8,960 
15,200 

29,300 
206,000 
81,100 
30,200 
22,300 
46,700 
24,400 
42,300 

6,640 
14,500 
8,780 
5,820 
6,640 
8,160 
6,000 
10,500 

March  22  23,  25,  26.  27,  28  

March  29  30  April  1  2  3,4,5,6. 

April  7  9,10,11,12  

April  17  18  19  21 

April  23  24  25  20  27  28  30 

May  12345 

May  7  8  9  10  11 

GUNNISON    RIVER. 


49 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Green  River  at  Billings  ferry, 

near  Jensen,  Utah. 


I 

1$ 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

3l 
|& 

j 

IS 

Q 

« 
55 

, 

Limit  ing  dates  of  composite. 

1 

"a 

-,  3 

5 

p 

nt 

o. 

a'i 

°0 

i 

§ 

0 

II 

.2 

g* 

I 

^s 

a 

J/ 

I 

i 

in 

'u 

i 

19 

a 

03  C- 
0 

i 

•| 

1 

3 
fc 

i 

Q~ 

3 

a 

I- 

1 

« 

3 

CO 

§ 

2 

1905-6. 

March  24-May  5  

22 

—  2.0 

318 

14 

3.1 

14 

0.00 

52 

28 

8.8 

0  07 

May  6-  June  3 

28 

+  10.0 

194 

20 

ti  J 

13 

00 

64 

21 

6  7 

07 

June  4-July  1  

28 

+  5.8 

156 

19 

5.6 

13 

.00 

69 

24 

6.3 

.06 

July  "-29 

27 

—  4.6 

206 

17 

4.0 

«9  7 

00 

56 

28 

9  7 

04 

July  30-August  26  

28 

276 
838 

5.1 
5.3 

12 
14 

.00 
.00 

47 
43 

24 
30 

9.1 
12 

.01 
07 

tagust  27-September  24 

25 

+  3.5 

15 

September  26-October  28 

30 

554 

18 

4  3 

13 

1  3 

40 

10 

02 

October  29-November  29  

24 

-  0.1 

450 

14 

4.9 

8.0 

.00 

39 

32 

12 

.01 

December  4-  January  13 

25 
21 

-     .7 
+  2.3 

514 
437 

13 
13 

5.4 
5.7 

14 
15 

.00 
.00 

45 
43 

33 
33 

12 
11 

.02 
02 

January  14-March  3   

March  4-  April  6 

25 

452 

17 

4  2 

16 

oo 

33 

7  5 

03 

April7-May5  

21 
5 

+  7.9 

306 
289 

16 
15 

4.2 
5  2 

15 

14 

.00 
00 

49 
58 

27 
21 

6.5 

.01 

May  7  11 

Mean 



4.8 

344 

16 

4.9 

13 

.10 

51 

29 

9.3 

a  Sodium  is  91  per  cent  and  potassium  is  12  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Green  River  near  Jensen  or  Vernal,  Utah. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1906. 

Mean. 

January 

o2  000 

February  .  .  . 

&3,880 

o3,880 

March    " 

3  550 

c7  340 

5  440 

April 

7  530 

8  070 

7  820 

May 

20,400 

19,400 

19  900 

June  

23,000 

20,400 

21.700 

July 

9,480 

9  230 

9  360 

August 

3  100 

3  850 

3      JM| 

September     . 

1,210 

3,080 

2  140 

October  

1,040 

1,040 

November  

ol,290 

745 

1  020 

December 

1  730 

a  639 

a  I   180 

The  year 

6  580 

a  Approximate. 


b  February  24-29. 


c  March  13-31. 


GUNNISON  RIVER  NEAR  WHITEWATER,  COLO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Gunnison  River  at  a  State 
bridge  near  Whitewater,  Colo.,  from  April  2  to  October  31,  1905. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  April  10,  1902,  and  was  discontinued  October  31, 
1906.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and 
estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the 
Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Bulletin:  140,  p.  189. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  16,  p.  140;  66,  pp.  94-95;  85,  pp.  42-44;  100,  pp.  64-67; 

133,  pp.  162-164;  175,  pp.  112-115;  211,  pp.  89-90, 
81210°— WSP  274—11 4 


50       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Monthly  discharge  data  for  Gunnison  River  at  Grand  Junction, 
Colo.,0  8  miles  below  Whitewater,  have  been  published  by  the  Survey 
as  follows: 

Reports:  19,  IV,  p.  405;  20,  IV,  p.  390;  21,  IV,  p.  278. 
Water-Supply  Paper,  74,  p.  134. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Gunnison 
River  at  State  bridge,  near  Whitewater,  Colo. 

[Drainage  area,  7,870  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 
I 

*s 

ft 

1 

Mean  discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

® 

3 
1. 

|I 
1 

L 

26 

So 

oW 

r 

« 

• 

0 

13 
OS 

"§ 

c.  — 

1 

I 
A 

P 

CQ 

w 

-d 

0 

OT      . 

tl 

_> 

ft 

N, 

1 

3 

1 
& 

1 

1 
1 

1 

fi 

1905. 
April  23456,  7                 

Tr. 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

11 

7 
6 
0 
0 

156 
128 
125 
112 
112 
107 
91 
94 
90 
112 
96 
92 
71 
88 
112 
118 
135 
142 
136 
140 
131 

151 
146 
149 
136 
144 
139 
147 
159 
169 
178 

27 
18 
14 
9 
8 
10 
13 
9 
8 
39 
21 
14 
15 
13 
20 
18 
24 
27 
37 
26 
19 

27 
26 
32 
25 
35 
31 
35 
38 
44 
36 

262 
1,300 
536 
1,320 
1,720 
44 
708 
1,150 
362 
880 
392 
232 
148 
32 
50 
58 
206 
246 
196 
66 
60 

570 
4,090 
166 
54 
508 
1,420 
132 
48 
342 
92 

680 
446 
340 
280 
262 
240 
212 
288 
182 
250 
240 
202 
202 
286 
282 
362 
476 
420 
376 
528 
586 

602 
752 
670 
718 
1,100 
860 
790 
904 
926 
870 

4.3 
5.3 
5.6 
6.6 
9.0 
8.2 
9.5 
12.4 
11.7 
13.5 
12.1 
9.7 
8.3 
6.7 
5.6 
5.3 
4.8 
5.6 
4.8 
4.3 
3.8 

4.0 
4.3 
4.0 
3.7 
4.0 
4.4 
4.0 
4.1 
4.2 
4.2 

910 
2,030 
2,430 
3,900 
9,080 
7,170 
10,900 
21,100 
18,100 
26,000 
19,600 
11,000 
7,350 
4,230 
2,770 
2,130 
1,640 
2,670 
1,640 
1,240 
821 

901 
1,180 
929 
752 
982 
1,290 
933 
998 
1,150 
1,160 

644 
7,110 
3,510 
13,900 
42,100 
853 
20,800 
65,500 
17,700 
61,700 
20,800 
6,900 
2,940 
366 
374 
334 
913 
1,770 
868 
221 
133 

1,380 
13,000 
416 
110 
1,330 
4,930 
332 
129 
1,060 
288 

1,670 
2,440 
2,230 
2,950 
6,420 
4,650 
6,240 
16,400 
8,890 
17,500 
12,700 
6,000 
4,010 
3,270 
2,110 
2,080 
2,110 
3,030 
1,670 
1,770 
1,300 

1,460 
2,390 
1,680 
1,4(>0 
2,920 
3,000 
1,990 
2,440 
2,880 
2,730 

\pril  9  10  11  12 

\pril  16   17   18  19  20,  21,  22  

\pril  23  24  25  26  27   28  29 

April  30'  May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

May  7  8  9  10  11   12  13 

May  14  15  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

May  21  22  23  24  25  26 

May  28*  29  30,  June  1,  2,  3  

June  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 

June  11  12  13,14,15,16,17  

June  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  
June  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1  
July  2345678 

July  9  10,  11,  12,  14,  15      

July  16  17  18  19  20  21,22  

July  23  25  26  27  28  29 

July  30[  31^  August  1,  3,  4  
•Vugust  6  7  8  9  10  11   12 

August  13,  14,'  15,  16,  18,  19  
August  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26  
August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September 
1,2                      

September  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16.  .  .  . 
September  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23.  .  .  . 
September  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30.  .  .  . 
October  1  2  3  4,  5,  6,  7 

October  8  9  10  11   12  13  14 

October  15  .16  17,  18,  19,  20  

October  22  23  24  26  27  28 

October  29,  30,  31                      

o  See  also  First  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  144. 


HONDO   RIVER. 


51 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Gunnison  River  at  State  bridge, 

near  Whitewater,  Colo. 


1 

& 

Radicl 

es  in  p 

ercent 

of.  I  is 

solved 

solids. 

a 

f* 

3 

fe 

Q 

e8 

. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

• 
•o 

Kg 

^v 

r3 

& 

•0  + 

o 

i 

~ 

J 

2 

|| 

| 

9£ 

| 

|8 

V 

S 

§ 

P 

11 

1 

I 

II 

2 

0 

1 

e 

x 

N 

3 

a 

<^w 

8 

pq 

s 

8 

1 

1905. 

\pril  2-29 

24 

+3.0 

438 

13 

5.0 

12 

0.00 

32 

40 

4  6 

0  10 

\pril  :<(>  \lav  "il 

27 

—2.8 

218 

17 

5.0 

7.3 

.00 

54 

32 

5  0 

16 

May  28-June  24        .   .            

26 

-1.4 

199 

18 

4.7 

8.0 

.00 

51 

33 

6.5 

.14 

June  2<>-Julv  22 

26 

278 

18 

5.0 

.00 

38 

38 

5  7 

16 

Julv  2:*    \iimist  19....          

24 

+3.1 

435 

14 

4.4 

a\2 

.71 

29 

41 

4.8 

.10 

•Vu^u^t  20  St>ptoinl>er  16 

28 

+3.6 

650 

14 

4.8 

12 

.00 

24 

48 

4  3 

08 

ScpicinlKjr  17-October  14 

28 

916 

14 

4.6 

11 

00 

48 

4  0 

12 

October  15-31 

15 

930 

4.7 

11 

.00 

47 

3  8 

24 

Mean 

2.8 

508 

15 

4.8 

10 

.09 

38 

41 

4  8 

14 

«  Sodium  is  98  per  cent  and  potassium  is  3.1  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Gunnison  River  near  Whitewater,  Colo. 


Month. 

1897.  a 

1898.0 

1899.  a 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

Mean. 

January 

724 

724 

February. 

774 

774 

March 

648 

648 

April.. 

3,550 

1,220 

2,260 

2,250 

2  490 

4  590 

2  730 

Mav 

&16  300 

5  320 

10  300 

7  770 

8  160 

5  620 

12  700 

14  800 

10  100 

June 

12  300 

8  850 

12  400 

3  280 

12  500 

4  600 

16  800 

14  400 

10  600 

Julv 

4,410 

2.540 

4,350 

570 

5  130 

1  320 

2  780 

4  710 

3  230 

Vugust 

991 

689 

1  920 

610 

1  310 

1  640 

1  430 

2  080 

1  330 

September 

482 

479 

875 

667 

1  280 

1  100 

'%2 

1  680 

941 

October  .  .  . 

1  600 

533 

504 

'890 

1  300 

1  100 

1  690 

1  090 

November  

742 

497 

844 

694 

December  

6458 

810 

634 

The  year  

2,790 

a  At  Grand  Junction,  Colo.  6  Approximate. 

HONDO  RIVER  NEAR  RO SWELL,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  fron  Hondo  River  at  the  United 
States  Reclamation  Service  reservoir  near  Roswell,  N.  Mex.,  from 
March  26  to  August  4,  1905.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at 
the  reservoir  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  March  9,  1903, 
and  was  discontinued  March  31,  1908.  Stream-flow  data,  including 
gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  362-363;  132,  pp.  119-121;  174,  pp.  118-120;  210. 
pp.  100-101;  248,  pp.  137-138. 


52        SOME    STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Hondo  River 
at  reservoir  near  Roswell,  N.  Mex. 

[Drainage  area,  1,040  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

«a 
SD 

1 

Mean  discharge 
(second-feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

3>   Q) 

s« 

Q)  O 

•o  «- 

TJ« 

Suspended 
matter. 

Dissolved 
solids. 

Carbona 
r  ad  i  c 
(COs). 

Bicarbon 
r  a  d  i  c 
(HC08) 

o 

II! 

pi 

1905. 

March  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  
April  2,  3,  4,  5,  6 

6 
12 
10 

7 
0 
0 
6 
7 
5 
6 
14 
0 
0 

163 
155 
145 
155 
144 
135 
125 
137 
120 
125 
113 
146 
154 

44 
52 
41 
39 
36 
33 
36 
29 
32 
30 
38 
97 
48 

1,830 
1,340 
2,080 
2,550 
11,000 
5,740 
1,890 
1,780 
10,700 
5,530 
14,900 
13,200 
1,640 

864 
914 
864 
750 
614 
546 
712 
720 
842 
638 
698 
978 
986 
o2,140 

3.1 
2.5 
2.3 
2.6 
6.9" 
7.5 
4.8 
3.2 
3.0 
1.9 
3.4 
6.4 
4.8 

61 
46 
40 
45 

831 
942 
380 
94 
77 
19 
266 
547 
176 

300 
167 
225 
310 
24,700 
14,600 
1,940 
450 
2,210 
283 
10,700 
19,500 
781 

142 
114 
93 
91 
1,380 
1,390 
731 
183 
175 
33 
501 
1,440 
469 

April  9  10  11   12  13   15 

April  16,  17,  18,  19,  21,  22 

\pril  23  24  25  26  27,  28  29 

April  30,  May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

May  7  8  9  10,  11,  12,  13 

May  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20:  ... 

May  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2,  3.  . 

June  4,  5,  6,  10 

June  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

June  18,  19.  20.  21,  22,  23.  .. 

July  7  

July  8,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29.  .. 

0 

0 

142 
164 

39 

26 

10,700 
22,200 

632 
698 

8.7 
5.2 

825 
423 

23,900 
25,400 

1,410 
798 

July  30  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4 

a  From  pool;  no  water  flowing. 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Hondo  River  at  reservoir  near 

Roswell,  N.  Hex. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily 
samples. 

W 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds)  (milligrams 
per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

a 

3    . 

c3 
.  O 

Magnesium 
(Mg). 

Sodium  and 
potassium 
(Na+jK). 

Carbonate 
(C03). 

Bicarbonate 
(HCOa). 

ft 

02 

O) 

a 
u 

•«j 

05^ 

1905. 
March  26-  April  22 

23 

988 

3.6 
3.8 
4.7 
3.4 

4.4 
5.0 
4.7 
6.1 

1.1 

16 

40 
41 
49 
50 

4.4 
6.1 
5.0 
4.3 

0.35 
.13 
.03 
.09 

April  23-  May  20.... 

28 

660 
739 
740 

18 

18 
20 

May  21-June  17 

25 
18 

+0.6 
-  .9 

.00 
.00 

19 
23 

June  18-  August  4  

Mean. 

.8 

782 

19 

3.9 

5.0 

.37 

19 

45 

5.0 

.15 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Hondo  River  at  reservoir  near  Roswell,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

January 

67 

166 

116 

February. 

22 

23 

22 

March 

3 

0 

2 

April 

24 

o 

12 

May                                                                               

0 

0 

0 

June 

o 

1 

0 

July         .                                                   

0 

4 

2 

August 

a  10 

20 

15 

September 

5 

g 

6 

October  »                                                              

7 

28 

18 

November 

14 

55 

34 

December  

7 

14 

10 

Mean 

13 

27 

20 

a  Eight  days  only. 


SOME   STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES.         53 


LINK  RIVER  NEAR  KLAMATH  FALLS,  OREO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Link  River  at  a  county 
bridge  near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg.,  from  June  15,  1905,  to  November 
12,  1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the 
United  States  Geological  Survey  May  15,  1904.  Stream-flow  data, 
including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for 
the  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following 
reports:0  » 

Water-Supply  Papers:  134,  pp.  191-192;  177,  pp.  22&-229;  213,  pp.  176-177; 
251,  pp.  305-309. 

Relative  amounts  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Link  River  at  county  bridge 

near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg. 


5 

Radicl 

es  in  p 

er  cent 

ofdis. 

solved 

solids. 

j§ 

S 

5< 

if 

L 

i 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

IR 

. 

S 

"2+1 

o 

5 

? 

~ 

•s 
S 

. 

%% 
|| 

6 

1 

Q  ~ 

5, 

s  g 

.2 
a 

^ 
i 

5, 

* 

fe 

g 

H 

Q 

1 

1 

*o'" 

CO 

1 

s 

1 

3 
o 

Z 

1905-6. 

June  15-December  28  

13 

+12.0 

138 

8.7 

3.7 

17 

0.00 

51 

9.4 

3.0 

3.2 

July  2 

1 

+13.2 

101 

12 

5.8 

19 

.00 

64 

12 

4.9 

.04 

July  16 

1 

110 

17 

.00 

59 

8.8 

6.6 

.04 

August  1   . 

1 

128 

11 

5.0 

17 

.00 

10 

5.7 

.03 

August  15 

1 

+15.6 

107 

11 

5.8 

18 

.00 

61 

8.9 

4.6 

.04 

September  15.            

1 

+  14.0 

103 

12 

5.9 

18 

.00 

64 

8.7 

7.1 

.04 

October  16 

1 

+  3.4 

96 

11 

6.8 

26 

.00 

75 

8.5 

25 

.04 

November  12.  .. 

1 

-  5.8 

96 

14 

4.8 

17 

.00 

75 

9.3 

21 

.04 

Mean  

10.7 

111 

11 

5.4 

19 

.00 

64 

9.4 

9.7 

.43 

Partial  sanitary   analyses  of  water  from  Link  River  at  county   bridge  near  Klamath 

Falls,  Oreg. 

[Milligrams  per  liter.] 


Dates. 

Nitrogen  as- 

Oxygen 
con- 
sumed. 

Free  am- 
monia. 

Albumi- 
noid 
ammonia. 

Nitrites. 

Nitrates. 

1906. 
January  11 

0.020 
.070 
.116 
.008 
.142 
.120 
.164 
.004 
.034 
.176 

0.105 
.240 
.180 
.220 
.176 
.320 
.400 
.340 
.360 
.440 

Trace. 
0.000 
.050 
.000 
.004 
.002 
.006 
.000 
.040 
.002 
.010 

0.02 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.03 
.02 

7.40 
2.99 
2.39 
3.06 
2.47 
3.18 
5.61 
5.37 
6.29 
6.85 
7.64 

February  7  

February  21 

March  5  

March  16 

April  2 

April  18  

May  5 

May  15 

June  1  . 

June  15 

a  See  also  Third  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  205;  Fourth,  p.  87. 


54          SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


I 


I 

1  I 

^  1 

-t  i 

*H  o1 

1  I 

•§  1 


3 


If 


Hit 


!lv 


-  •*  O 


O  CO  O  0>  00  05 


000000000000000 


,  O     •  O  ?D  «D  CO  "5 


LITTLE   COLORADO  RIVER.  55 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Link  River  near  Klamath  Falls,  Om/. 


Month. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

2,620 

1,950 

2,190 

2,660 

'2  3tK) 

3,100 

l.'.i'.m 

3.530 

2,890 

2,880 

M-in-li                                   

3,090 

2,  320 

4,650 

2,730 

3,200 

\nril                                                   

3,110 

3.520 

.r>,(i:<() 

2,990 

3,810 

May                              

o  8,  640 

2,600 

4,0X0 

5,090 

2,620 

4.610 

6,740 

2,000 

8,620 

4,020 

2,060 

8,000 

JUly                         

4.120 

,360 

2,490 

2,470 

,470 

2.380 

2,340 

,050 

1,470 

1,570 

,040 

1,490 

1,660 

,030 

1,190 

1,410 

900 

1,240 

()(•(()!  MM"                                                 

1,690 

,160 

1,200 

1,460 

,350 

1,370 

\OVlMlll  >(T                                                                

1,840 

,330 

1,4<>0 

1,630 

,770 

1,610 

2,180 

,590 

1,740 

1,970 

,940 

1,880 

The  year                                                    

2,000 

2,250 

2,970 

2,040 

2,540 

a  May  15  to  31. 
LITTLE  COLORADO  RIVER  NEAR  HOLBROOK,  ARIZ. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Little  Colorado  River  at  a 
county  bridge  near  Holbrook,  Ariz.,  from  December  31,  1905,  to 
January  11,  1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge 
March  17,  1905,  and  was  discontinued  December  31,  1908.  Stream- 
flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 
Water-Supply  Papers:  175,  pp.  149-151;  211,  pp.  107-109;  249,  pp.  167-169. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Little  Colorado 
River  at  county  bridge  near  Holbrook,  Ariz. 

[Drainage  area,  17,630  square  miles."! 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean 
gage 
height 
(feet). 

Mean 
dis- 
charge 
(second- 
feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Carbon- 
ate 
radicle 
(C03). 

Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HCO3). 

Chlo- 
rine 
radicle 
(Cl). 

Sus- 
pended 
matter 
(Sm). 

Dis- 
solved 
solids 
(Ds). 

Sus- 
pended 
matter. 

Dis- 
solved 
solids. 

1905-S. 
December  31  

18 
20 
20 
0 
0 

230 

238 
236 
259 
270 

163 
163 
201 
197 
210 

244 
140 
156 
188 
120 

792 
888 
928 
792 
824 

3.4 
3.4 
3.5 
3.6 
3.6 

205 
305 
330 
370 
370 

135 
115 
139 
187 
120 

439 
731 
826 
791 
823 

January  1 

January  5  

January  10 

January  1  1 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Little  Colorado  River  near  Holbrook,  Ariz. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

January 

452 

276 

364 

February                                                                                                  .  . 

170 

176 

173 

March 

a863 

621 

444 

643 

April  .  . 

915 

245 

401 

520 

Mav 

6353 

54 

204 

June 

83 

4 

44 

July 

68 

25 

46 

August 

163 

72 

118 

September 

302 

69 

350 

October 

51 

27 

39 

November 

1  160 

11 

586 

December  

113 

181 

147 

The  year 

161 

269 

a  March  17-31. 


b  Approximate. 


56        SOME    STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


LITTLE  COLORADO  RIVER  NEAR  WOODRUFF,  ARIZ. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Little  Colorado  River  at  a 
road  crossing  near  Woodruff,  Ariz.,  from  April  15,  1905,  to  April  3, 
1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  crossing  March  16, 
1905.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of 
discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  175,  pp.  145-148;  211,  pp.  104-107;  249,  pp.  165-167. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Little  Colorado 
River  at  road  crossing  near  Woodruff,  Ariz. 

[Drainage  area,  6,000  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

* 

K* 
P 

T3 

s 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(C03). 

Bicarbonate  radi- 
cle (HC03). 

1 
"L 

gS 

•c 

3 

,c 
B 

Suspended  matter 
(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds). 

Suspended  matter. 

Dissolved  solids. 

1905-6. 
April  15,  18,  21.. 

0 

10 
7 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

6 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 

6 
0 
0 

11 

0 

0 

150 
149 
178 
181 
174 
142 

174 
170 

164 

178 
169 

182 
234 
285 
274 
195 
148 

214 

165 

138 
119 

135 
234 
157 
108 
166 
195 

62 
119 
172 
133 
40 
34 

143 
80 

112 

124 
123 

77 
116 
109 
108 
72 
69 

134 
82 

57 
99 

82 
100 
55 
74 
102 
77 

16,300 
20,700 
2,580 
624 
10,300 
3,560 

19,700 
3,230 

2,130 

2,810 
11,800 

3,540 
324 
96 
32 
11,700 
3,170 

10,500 
18,800 

6,740 
1,520 

1,950 
3,580 
5,540 
7,080 
15,200 
10,400 

506 
750 
906 
750 

388 
294 

886 
476 

628 

610 
626 

578 
798 
670 
658 
474 
408 

754 
582 

364 
290 

472 
608 
374 
410 
544 
630 

6.9 
10.9 
3.3 
2.1 
2.9 
0.5 

1.0 
1.0 

0.8 

1.2 
1.2 

1.8 
0.5 
0.3 
0.3 
3.2 
1.6 

1.0 
1.5 

1.3 
0.9 

0.6 
0.5 
5.0 
2.3 
3.4 
2.3 

434 

19,100 

594 

April  26,  30,  May  3,  8,  12,  21  .. 
May  30,  June  3,  6,  11,  16,  20.  . 
June  23,  27,  30,  July  3,  8,  12.  . 
July  15,  21,  26,  30,  August  3.. 
August  6,  9,  11,  13,  18. 

61 

74 
160 

43 

67 
52 

329 
30 
25 
25 
211 
124 

115 
228 

193 
146 

138 
101 
820 
239 
488 
236 

589 

3,940 
1,400 

247 

508 
1,650 

3,150 
26 
6 
2 
6,670 
1,060 

3,270 
11,600 

3,510 
600 

727 
923 
12.300 
4,570 
20.100 
6,600 

48 

179 
206 

73 

110 
88 

513 
65 
45 
44 
270 
137 

234 
358 

190 
114 

176 
166 
829 
264 
716 
402 

August  21,  25,  27,  29,  Septem- 
ber 1,8.... 

September  11,  14,  17.  20,  22,  25. 
September  28,  October  1,  4,  6, 
10,  12,  16 

October  20,  26,  30,  November 
5,9. 

November  12,  14,  21,  22,23,25. 

November  29,  December  1,  4, 
8,  13,  14  

December  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  27. 
January  1,  2,  5,  6  

January  9,  10,  11,  12,  13... 
January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19.. 
January  20,  21,  22,  23,  24.  25,  2(5. 
January  28,  29,  30,  31,  Febru- 
ary 1,  2,  3  

February  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15, 
16,17  

February  19  20  23  24 

February  26,  27,  28,  March  1, 
2,3  

March  5,  6,  7,  8,  9.. 

March  10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17.  . 
March  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24.... 
March  25,  26,  29,  30,  31 

April,  1,  2,  3 

MALTIEUR   RTVER. 


57 


J^  la  tire  amount  of 


in   tinlutinn    in    initir  from    /,////«•  (  '<>/<>r<i</o   Itinr  nt  nnnl 
crossing  near  ]\\><><tni  ij\  Ariz. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

W 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Calcium  (Ca). 

Magnesium  (Mg). 

Sodium  and  potas- 
sium (Xa+f  K). 

Carbonate  (CO3). 

Bicarbonate 
(HCO,). 

Sulphate  (SO«). 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

Nitrate  (NO8). 

April  15-Julv  I9 

21 

754 
558 
640 
573 
504 
463 
504 

14 
13 
9.5 
11 
8.5 
13 

3.2 
2.9 
3.2 
3.5 
2.2 
2.8 
2.8 

19 
a!8 

18 

""22" 
18 
19 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

34 
31 
29 
28 
35 
25 
26 

18 
14 
17 
17 
18 
17 
15 

0.03 
.02 

July  l.~>  September  25        

22 
24 
21 

+4.2 
-  .7 

32 

28 

""32" 
40 
41 

September  28-December  14  

.02 
.02 
.02 
.01 

J'lmrirv  -)0   Fobruarv  17 

28 
22 
14 

-(i.  1 
+  -7. 

February  19-March  17  

March  19-  Vpril  3 

Mean 

2.9 

571 

12 

2.9 

19 

.00 

35 

30 

17 

.02 

a  Sodium  is  92  per  cent  and  potassium  is  11  per  cent  of  this  amount . 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Little  Colorado  River  near  Woodruff,  Ariz. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

Jaiuiarv                              

96 

168 

132 

Folinrirv                                                                          

172 

117 

144 

March                              

a  584 

445 

210 

413 

April                                           "                    .   .          

789 

323 

140 

417 

M'jv 

57 

57 

4 

4 

Julv                                                                                                              -   . 

15 

23 

19 

\ugust                                                              

58 

67 

325 

150 

September 

159 

15 

218 

131 

October 

20 

12 

133 

55 

November 

543 

7 

78 

209 

December                               .        .  .         

37 

202 

16 

85 

The  year 

118 

151 

a  March  16  to  31. 
MALHETJR  RIVER  NEAR  VALE,  OREG. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Malheur  Kiver  at  a  highway 
bridge  near  Vale,  Oreg.,  from  March  26  to  December  4,  1905.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  May  20,  1903,  and  gagings  had  been  made  at 
intervals  since  1890.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Annual  Reports:  11,  II,  pp.  88, 106;  12,  II,  pp.  344,  358,  361;  13,  III,  pp.  98-99; 

18,  IV,  pp.  348-350;  20,  IV,  p.  62. 
Bulletins:  92,  p.  140;  131,  p.  68;  140,  pp.  242-243. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  83;  16,  p.  169;  100,  pp.  424-427;  135,  pp.  206-208; 

178,  pp.  126-129;  214,  pp.  101-102;  252,  pp.  257-259. 


58       SOME   STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Malheur  River 
at  highway  bridge  near  Vale,  Oreg. 

[Drainage  area,  4,860  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
.  feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

aj 
"o 

L 

£<5 
§£ 

! 

1  • 

1 

1* 

PQ 

J 

.s 

V 
„§ 

3 
c> 

"8? 

'a'Q 

02 

i 

i 

•gg 
>^ 

I 

1 
•g 

T3 

OQ 

i 

1905. 
March  26,  27  28,  29,  30,  31 

4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
6 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
7 
9 
12 
0 
0 

0 
43 
0 

15 
0 
0 

0 

0 
0 

0 

99 
99 
90 
94 
106 
131 
112 
132 
165 
181 
180 
169 
149 
165 
189 
207 
170 
244 
240 
242 
229 
279 
292 

290 
186 
236 

195 
196 
186 

178 

166 
165 

155 

13 
8 
6 
10 
9 
32 
11 
10 
.16 
18 
29 
14 
16 
14 
29 
29 
21 
32 
37 
36 
37 
40 
44 

40 
42 
35 

29 
27 
23 

20 

17 
21 

22 

105 
220 
96 
36 
50 
70 
34 
78 
26 
30 
6 
840 
1,670 

412 

306 
52 
30 
72 
90 
24 
54 
62 
24 

18 
68 
36 

48 
18 
20 

44 

70 
106 

10 

195 
162 
166 
162 
200 
240 
184 
220 
278 
288 
344 
252 
256 
264 
312 
366 
390 
390 
400 
498 
436 
442 
462 

486 
486 
406 

398 
368 
340 

318 

254 
336 

340 

6.1 
6.1 
6.0 
5.5 
5.3 
5.3 
5.1 
4.5 
4.3 
4.3 
4.2 
4.5 
4.8 
4.8 
4.4 
4.2 
3.9 
3.6 
3.7 
3.6 
3.6 
3.6 
3.6 

3.6 
3.6 
3.7 

3.8 
3.9 
4.0 

4.1 

4.2 
4.2 

4.3 

1,230 
1,250 
1,090 
708 
600 
575 
436 
206 
154 
153 
126 
250 
370 
310 
170 
122 
75 
24 
31 
21 
19 
16 
12 

16 
19 
35 

49 
57 
85 

105 

115 
127 

150 

349 
742 
282 
69 
81 
109 
40 
43 
11 
12 
2 
567' 
1,670 
345 
141 
17 
6 
5 
8 
1 
3 
3 
1 

1 
3 
3 

6 
3 
5 

12 

22 
36 

4 

647 
546 
488 
310 
324 
373 
217 
117 
115 
118 
117 
170 
255 
221 
143 
120 
78 
25 
33 
28 
22 
19 
15 

21 
25 
38 

53 

57 
78 

90 

79 
115 

138 

April  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  

April  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

April  17,  18,  20,  21  

April  23,  24,  25,  29  

April  26 

April  30,  May  1,2,3,5... 

May  11,12,13 

May  14  15  16  18  19  20 

May  17 

May  21,  22,  23  

May  31,  June  1,2,3  

June  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 

June  11,  12,  13,  15,  16,  17. 

June  18  19  20  21,22  23 

June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1 
July  2  3,  4,  5,  6,  8,  9 

July  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  
July  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21.  22  
July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28',  29  .... 
July  30,  31,  August  2,  3,  4,  5.  .  . 
August  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

August  13,  14.  15,  16,  17,  18,  19. 
August  20,  21,  22,  23,  30,  31, 
September  1. 

September  3,  6,  7,  8,  9  

September  10,11,17,18,19,20,21 
September  22,  23,  24,  25,  26, 
27,  October?  
October  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14.,. 
October  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  . 
October  22,  23,  24,  November 
6,7,8,9  

November  10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
15,16  

November  17,  18,  19,  20     . 

November  26,  27,  30,  Decem- 
ber 1.3.  4... 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Malheur  River  at  highway  bridge 

near  Vale,  Oreg. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

i1 

1 
H 

if 

|! 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

j 

i 

.2  S 

1 

0 

C9 

•°8 

0^ 

M 

S 
1 

O, 

•j 

•| 

% 

1905-6. 
March  26-  April  21   . 

22 
18 
20 
26 
27 

+  1.4 
-  3.9 
-  3.4 

+     .7 

182 
210 
254 

424 

8.8 
11 
10 
11 

.2 
.3 
.3 
.0 
.7 
.1 
.7 
4.2 

14 
14 
16 
18 
o!7 
18 
16 
16 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
2.3 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

59 
70 
68 
61 
63 

"*8B 
66 

12 
16 
17 
19 
19 
16 
21 
19 

4.6 
6.2 
8.3 
7.6 
8.0 
12 
8.7 
8.1 

0.05 
.04 
.05 
.01 
.03 
.01 
.01 
.03 

April  23-May  20 

May  21-June  17  

June  18-July  15 

July  16-August  12  

August  13-September  21 

26 
28 
17 

514 
322 
283 

'is'" 
n 

September  22-November  9  
November  10-December  4  

Mean  

-  i.7 

+  2.8 

2.3 

316 

n 

4.4 

16 

.29 

63 

17 

7.9 

.03 

>  Sodium  is  90  per  cent  and  potassium  is  13  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


MILK  RIVER. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Malheur  River  near  VaU,  Oreg. 


59 


Month. 

1890. 

1891. 

1895. 

1896. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Moan. 

January 

88 

277 

o300 

o236 

503 

174 

287 

MB 

February         

319 

347 

331 

o3,  100 

642 

311 

2,190 

1,080 

March 

2,910 

703 

650 

B  3,460 

1,620 

1,920 

1,960 

I.S'.MI 

April 

2,770 

511 

851 

b"  642 

5,520 

S'.tS 

4,550 

2,250 

May 

1,630 

217 

361 

1,600 

c274 

2,030 

235 

862 

901 

254 

78 

139 

1,600 

203 

533 

244 

.W.I 

177 

424 

July                       

43 

30 

19 

185 

58 

140 

40 

50 

77 

72 

August 

17 

26 

12 

33 

19 

52 

16 

9 

47 

26 

September 

15 

23 

89 

83 

42 

50 

33 

26 

65 

47 

October 

44 

129 

84 

144 

77 

50 

100 

90 

November 

118 

161 

192 

182 

119 

89 

126 

141 

83 

175 

175 

.     188 

155 

138 

135 

150 

The  year 

268 

1,300 

381 

731 

607 

a  Approximate. 


b  April  26-30. 


c  May  20-31. 


MILK    RIVER    NEAR    HAVRE,  MONT. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Milk  River  at  a  highway  bridge 
near  Havre,  Mont.,  from  April  7,  1905,  to  April  14,  1906.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  May  15,  1898.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  oi  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports :  ° 

Annual  Reports:  20,  IV,  pp.  53, 189,  245-246;  21,  IV,  p.  189;  22,  IV,  p.  288. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  27,  pp.  68-69,  72,  75-76;  37,  pp.  209-210;  39,  p.  447; 
49,  p.  267;  52,  p.  516;  66,  pp.  15-16,  170;  75,  p.  122;  84,  pp.  28-31;  99,  pp. 
108-111;  130,  pp.  95-98;  172,  pp.  57-59;  208,  pp.  43^5;  246,  pp.  109-112. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Milk  River 
at  highway  bridge  near  Havre,  Mont. 

[Drainage  area,  7,300  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

| 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

•3 

•s 

| 

S 

CO 

s 

I 

g 

Dates. 

1. 

1x 

1 

1 

1 

A 

!te 

i 

S 

«o 

18 

„  .O 

o>  S 

•Sn 

I 

s 

-T3 

r 

Is 

a 

I* 

1 

a 

s 

i 

o 

a 

pq 

S 

02 

GO 

5 

1 

% 

CD 

« 

1905-6. 

April  7 

186 

528 

3.4 

55 

28 

78 

April  9,  10,  11,12,13,14  

21 

304 

9 

130 

512 

3.3 

49 

17 

68 

April  16,  17,  18,  19,  21  22 

14 

321 

27 

154 

562 

3.4 

58 

24 

88 

April  24,  25,  May  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  
May  14.  23,  24,  25,  26  27 

30 

o 

279 
293 

25 
25 

154 
116 

474 
430 

3.5 
3.6 

61 

71 

25 
22 

78 
82 

May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  13  

21 

276 

20 

56 

454 

3.5 

53 

8 

65 

June  4,  5,  6,  7,8,9.. 

29 
12 

243 
292 

48 
35 

62 
148 

436 
452 

3.4 
3.2 

40 
23 

7 
9 

47 
28 

June  12,  14,  15,  16  

June  18,  27,  29,  30,  July  1 

5 

242 

14 

6  630 

544 

3.5 

62 

1,110 

91 

July  3,  5,  6,  8  

0 

299 

20 

974 

562 

3.5 

55 

145 

84 

July  7,  9,  10,  11,  12,  14,  15 

15 
23 

249 
325 

47 
29 

100 
106 

580 
626 

3.3 
3.0 

36 

g 

10 
2 

56 
14 

July  16,  17  18  22 

July  23,  25,  26,  29.... 

42 

307 

40 

7  420 

778 

3.3 

92 

1,840 

193 

July  30,  August  3 

o 

219 

92 

17  400 

690 

3.8 

103 

4  850 

192 

August  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11.  12 

0 
0 

241 
341 

23 
30 

5,450 
136 

584 
564 

3.3 
2.7 

37 
2 

545 

1 

58 
3 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  22,  23  

August  27,  September  6,  15,  17,  21,  23. 
October  28  30  31  November  1234 

0 
10 

535 
599 

40 
63 

70 

o 

976 
1  260 

November  17   18*19  20  21  22* 

o 

481 

36 

66 

'g!4 

April  3,  4,  5,  6,  7     ... 

o 

24 

1  600 

374 

4.1 

121 

523 

122 

April  9.  10,  11.  12,  13.  14... 

0 

211 

15 

1.000 

360 

4.2 

132 

357 

128 

o  See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  pp.  339-340;  Fourth,  p.  181. 


60        SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Milk  River  at  highway  bridge 

near  Havre,  Mont. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

E 

H 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Calcium  (Ca). 

"So 

S 

s 

•0  + 

SI 

II 

O'OT 

Carbonate  (CO8). 

Bicarbonate 
(HC08). 

Sulphate  (SO,). 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

Nitrate  (NO3). 

1905-6. 
April  9-May  27.. 

25 
21 
19 
24 
13 
11 

-2.0 
+  1.1 

506 
500 
546 
730 
972 
369 

10 
8.2 
7.9 
7.4 
5.9 
7.1 

5.9 
5.4 
4.8 
3.1 
4.5 
4.9 

15 
21 
a  17 
26 
22 
21 

2.2 
1.6 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

63 
59 

61 
50 
51 
68 

25 
32 
30 
35 
32 
26 

2.6 
2.4 

0.69 
.06 
.06 
.02 
.13 
.00 

Muv  ±S-July  1  

July  3-29     . 

July  30-September  23 

+4.8 
-2.1 
-1.8 

3.0 

5.5 
3.0 

October  28-November  22  '.  . 

April  3-14 

Mean 

2.4 

604 

7.8 

4.8 

20 

.63 

59 

30 

3.3 

.16 

a  Sodium  is  93  per  cent  and  potassium  is  8.8  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Milk  River  near  Havre,  Mont. 


Month. 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

o430 

a  100 

o50 

180 

o200 

aQO 

a  5 

o 

o 

117 

February  

o  600 

a  100 

o  100 

a  208 

a200 

o  75 

o5 

05 

o800 

233 

March 

a  500 

a  150 

o600 

249 

a  240 

a  75 

a  40 

a  40 

845 

212 

295 

April 

1  360 

a  394 

205 

196 

996 

1  740 

59 

95 

1  210 

295 

655 

May  

al  400 

1  010 

435 

648 

1  080 

1  080 

'373 

62 

119 

458 

330 

636 

June 

1  350 

a  940 

154 

553 

1  480 

975 

278 

35 

935 

8°2 

2  190 

883 

July 

168 

0241 

43 

184 

2  040 

445 

44 

54 

101 

397 

'527 

386 

August  

113 

a  196 

40 

28 

377 

378 

5 

25 

5 

62 

177 

128 

September 

53 

131 

76 

56 

297 

164 

3 

o 

3 

127 

124 

94 

October  

88 

94 

186 

82 

309 

138 

19 

0 

2 

82 

178 

107 

November 

o  100 

a  190 

ol!4 

80 

o300 

a  115 

35 

o 

1 

72 

186 

108 

December  

113 

a  150 

a  50 

a  100 

a  300 

a  147 

a  25 

0 

0 

a60 

94 

The  year  

487 

154 

224 

586 

423 

230 

24 

109 

411 

311 

o  Approximate. 

NOTE.— Data  for  1898-1903  from  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  pp.  340-341,  estimates 
for  ice  periods  being  included. 

MISSOURI   RIVER    NEAR   WILLISTON,  N.  DAK. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Missouri  River  at  Bakers 
ferry,  near  Williston,  N.  Dak.,  on  August  14,  1905.  A  gaging  station 
was  established  at  the  ferry  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey 
April  24,  1905.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and 
estimates  of  discharge,  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  176,  pp.  28-29;  208,  p.  20;  246,  p.  41-42. 


NORTH   FORK   OF   RED   RIVER.  61 

Suspended  matter  and  dissolved  solids  in  water  of  Missouri  River  at  Bakers  ferry,  near 
Williston,  N.  Dak.,  on  August  14,  1905. 

[Drainage  area,  155,000  square  miles.] 


Solids  (milligrams  per 

liter). 

Distance 
from  left 
bank  (feet). 

Depth  of 

river  (feet). 

Velocity 
(feet  per 
second.) 

Suspended 

Dissolved 

matter. 

solids. 

820 

9.5 

2.38 

994 

300 

770 

9.7 

3.16 

1,010 

304 

620 

15.0 

3.61 

964 

310 

(BO 

LI.  0 

a  3.  25 

938 

324 

620 

15.0 

ft  2.  75 

938 

328 

550 

15.0 

2.58 

964 

318 

530 

11.0 

2.63 

924 

344 

530 

14.0 

a  1.28 

940 

350 

530 

14.0 

ft  3.  07 

864 

33S 

440 

9.6 

3.02 

998 

310 

405 

8.0 

2.43 

1,010 

282 

340 

5.0 

2.17 

988 

310 

320 

4.4 

2.22 

968 

306 

258 

5.0 

1.7 

1,030 

263 

230 

5.2 

1.24 

956 

310 

135 

1.4 

1.13 

962 

292 

85 

5.8 

1.4 

996 

322 

30 

3.8 

.99 

942 

306 

«  Sample  taken  and  velocity  measured  at  bottom, 
ft  Sample  taken  and  velocity  measured  at  surface. 

NOTE.— The  river  at  about  mean  stage;  gage  height,  6.8  feet;  area  of 'cross  section,  5,925  square  feet;  mean 
Aelocity,  2.51  feet  per  second;  discharge,  14,880  second-feet;  mean  suspended  matter,  978  milligrams  per  liter, 
or  39,300  tons  per  day;  mean  dissolved  solids,  305  milligrams  per  liter,  or  12,300  tons  per  day.  Samples 
taken  and  velocity  measured  at  .6  depth,  except  as  otherwise  noted. 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Missouri  River  near  Williston,  N.  Dak. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

March 

77,900 

77,900 

\pril 

67  500 

67,500 

Mav 

a  30,  200 

ft  82,  800 

d  50,  100 

54,400 

June 

68  100 

93  600 

53  900 

July                                                                                                          

54,900 

52,700 

53,800 

\ugust 

19  400 

25  200 

22,300 

September 

7,100 

15,400 

11,250 

October 

7  700 

8  840 

8,270 

November 

8  060 

do  100 

9,080 

a  May  23-31. 


ft  May  26-31. 


c  November  1-24. 


dMay  1-22. 


NORTH  FORK  OF  RED  RIVER  NEAR  GRANITE,  OKLA. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  North  Fork  of  Red  River  at 
a  railroad  bridge  near  Granite j  Okla.,  from  April  12,  1905,  to  March 
16,  1907.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the 
United  States  Geological  Survey  June  23,  1903,  and  was  discontinued 
March  20,  1908.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and 
estimates  of  discharge,  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports :  ° 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  319-320;  131,  pp.  182-183;  173,  pp.  73-75;  209, 
pp.  51-54;  247,  pp.  89-92. 


o  See  also  Third  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  460. 


62       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  railroad  bridge  near  Granite,  Okla. 

[Drainage  area,  2,210  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

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1905-1907. 
April  12 

544 
116 
13,600 
1,250 
1,670 
2,830 
696 
122 
304 
462 
0 

158 
3,670 
1,210 

30 
180 
840 
1,820 
5,570 
594 
568 
440 
1,420 
996 
1,170 
944 
572 
560 
568 
612 
468 
728 
452 
584 
812 
772 
652 
336 
340 
368 
252 
280 
548 
284 
180 
76 
240 
204 
204 
80 
120 
0 
192 
132 
16 
44 
60 
0 
80 
0 
0 
0 
556 
1,120 
240 

1,250 
1,920 
808 
1,110 
1,100 
1,050 
1,300 
1,990 
1,790 
1,440 
2,240 

1,440 
890 
1,170 

1,100 
1,050 
1,490 
1,460 
1,200 
1,570 
1,660 
1,560 
1,440 
1,640 
1,340 
1,320 
1,670 
1,600 
1,640 
1,570 
1,710 
1,710 
1,640 
1,800 
1,930 
1,800 
1,780 
1,950 
1,960 
1,820 
1,920 
2,050 
1,680 
1,770 
1,840 
2,000 
1,760 
1,820 
2,040 
2,360 
2,440 
2,240 
2,210 
2,210 
2,000 
2,090 
2,070 
2,520 
2,560 
2,610 
2,530 

i',  rc'o 

2.100 
1,940 

•-'.<*  iO 

5.8 
5.4 
8.1 
5.5 
6.1 
6.4 
6.0 
5.7 
5.7 
5.6 
5.8 

5.5 

6.7 
5.0 

4.9 
4.9 
5.7 
6.0 
6.7 
5.8 
5.8 
6.0 
6.0 
6.4 
6.2 
6.1 
6.0 
6.0 
6.0 
6.1 
6.2 
6.2 
6.1 
6.2 
6.4 
6.2 
6.2 
6.1 
6.2 
6.2 
6.0 
6.3 
6.2 
6.1 
6.1 
6.1 
6.1 
6.1 
6.0 
6.0 
5.8 
5.8 
5.9 
5.9 
6.0 
6.0 
6.0 
5.8 
5.9 
5.8 
5.8 
5.8 
6.4 
6.5 
6.3 

135 
33 
5,720 
26 
337 
650 
233 
77 
52 
63 
111 

49 
675 
1 

0 
0 
206 
120 
628 
94 
49 
60 
68 
160 
92 
80 
68 
68 
60 
80 
93 
117 
80 
73 
113 
73 
73 
58 
65 
64 
52 
82 
73 
58 
58 
58 
58 
58 
52 
47 
22 
22 
38 
38 
46 
46 
38 
20 
32 
22 
22 
22 
101 
142 
91 

198 
10 
210,000 
88 
1,510 
4,980 
438 
25 
43 
78 
0 

21 
6,690 
3 

0 
0 
467 
591 
9,440 
151 
75 
71 
261 
430 
290 
203 
105 
103 
92 
132 
118 
230 
93 
115 
248 
153 
129 
53 
60 
64 
35 
62 
108 
44 
28 
12 
38 
32 
29 
10 
7 
0 
20 
14 
2 
5 
6 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 
151 
432 
59 

455 
171 
12,500 
78 
996 
1,840 
818 
413 
251 
245 
670 

191 
1,620 
3 

0 
0 
828 
472 
2,040 
399 
219 
253 
264 
706 
332 
285 
306 
294 
266 
338 
430 
541 
355 
355 
588 
356 
354 
306 
343 
314 
270 
455 
330 
278 
278 
313 
276 
285 
287 
300 
145 
133 

L'1'7 

227 
248 
2(K) 
212 
136 
222 
155 
150 
150 
574 
746 
504 

April  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  

8 

191 

388 

April  26 

May  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

17 
16 

•  141 
156 

202 
190 

June  4,  5,  6,  8,  9,  10. 

June  9 

June  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

0 
0 
0 
8 
0 

6 
0 
10 

2 
14 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
6 
6 
0 
0 
6 
9 
0 
0 
18 
0 
13 
0 
22 
0 
0 
23 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
25 
0 
0 
16 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

188 
182 
149 
133 
193 

150 
129 
255 

283 
254 
186 
177 
182 
224 
185 
191 
191 
185 
185 
205 
219 
215 
214 
164 
223 
198 
237 
176 
227 
228 
186 
226 
190 
193 
234 
227 
211 
224 
212 
172 
210 
210 
224 
248 
267 
257 
220 
227 
194 
168 
203 
235 
255 
277 
257 
264 
210 
212 
266 

245 
426 
365 
289 
540 

259 
157 
211 

192 
183 
268 
276 
236 
324 
373 
317 
359 
352 
296 
289 
333 
318 
318 
305 
354 
326 
338 
370 
411 
376 
367 
405 
402 
376 
393 
432 
341 
383 
367 
370 
364 
363 
411 
523 
524 
465 
479 
465 
409 
434 
424 
503 
570 
550 
508 
508 
423 

in 

393  1 

June  18,  19,  20,  22,  23,  24  

June  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1 

July  7,  29,  30 

August  2,  3,  5,  6,  8,  9  

August  21,  22,  24,  26,  29,  30,  Septem- 
ber 2  

September  8,  9,  10,  13,  14,  15,  16  

September  24,  27,  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4. 
October  5,  17,  18,  20,  21,  30,  Novem- 
ber 1  

October  31,  November  2,  3,  4 

November  5,  8,  10,  11  

November  12,  14,  15,  18 

November  23,  24,  25,  26,  29,  30  

December  3,  4,  5.  .  . 

December  10 

December  13  

December  14 

December  15  

December  16 

December  17  

December  19 

December  20  

December  21  

Decem  ber  22 

December  23  

December  26 

December  28  

January  4 

January  5  

January  6 

Januarys  

January  9 

January  11  

January  12  

January  13 

January  14.  ..   . 

January  16  

January  17 

January  18  

January  19 

January  20  

January  21 

January  22 

January  23  .  . 

January  24 

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January  2<S 

February  1  

February  2  .  . 

February  3 

February  5.  .     . 

February  7 

February  8  

February  9  . 

February  10 

February  14..     . 

February  15 

February  16... 

NORTH   FORK    OF   RED   RIVER. 


63 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  railroad  bridge  near  Granite,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

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February  17 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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0 
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224 
217 
224 
212 
233 
201 
242 
200 
202 
190 
213 
214 
219 
265 
281 
236 
217 
223 
239 
210 
217 
295 
236 
308 
263 
281 
281 
232 
217 
204 
-204 
204 
217 
191 
198 
172 
179 
204 
83 
165 
179 
160 
185 
185 
198 
198 
198 
191 
172 
191 
204 
204 
204 
185 
191 
191 
191 
191 
198 
191 
179 
185 
185 
185 
160 
89 
166 
160 

283 
302 
329 
370 
309 
290 
307 
352 
377 
402 
489 
528 
503 
275 
271 
528 
600 
567 
542 
644 
600 
387 
542 
300 
561 
512 
338 
522 
580 
COO 
608 
570 
396 
406 
377 
377 
377 
318 
116 
213 
203 
193 
193 
203 
222 
242 
232 
271 
222 
348 
319 
281 
329 
329 
367 
396 
290 
242 
242 
281 
290 
290 
329 
348 
290 
174 
174 
174 

328 
300 
220 
300 
944 
804 
584 
452 
360 
368 
228 
316 
168 
592 
588 
72 
128 
44 
16 
92 
48 
184 
80 
48 
36 
56 
112 
116 
152 
12 
156 
204 
240 
168 
192 
400 
476 
1,100 
2,180 
2,870 
4,130 
2,400 
3,070 
2,420 
1,410 
856 
788 
2,720 
1,080 
1,090 
772 
504 
384 
228 
176 
640 
1,610 
1,140 
952 
368 
416 
264 
132 
104 
244 
2,670 
1,980 
1.090 

1,560 
1,550 
1,680 
1,530 
1,660 
1,430 
1,490 
1,660 
1,810 
1,860 
2,220 
2,320 
2,400 
1,640 
1,340 
2,670 
2.760 
2,680 
2,680 
2,850 
2,880 
1,760 
2,740 
1,480 
2,580 
2,530 
1,850 
2,640 
2,750 
3,060 
2,940 
2,820 
2,200 
2,040 
1,960 
2,010 
1,950 
1,880 
•      816 
1,270 
1,250 
1,220 
1,120 
1,140 
1,260 
1,390 
1,380 
1,420 
1,340 
1,710 
1,790 
1,580 
1,680 
1,880 
1,890 
2,000 
1,640 
1,350 
1,360 
1,540 
1,470 
1,570 
1,720 
1,790 
1,540 
1,140 
1,100 
1.050 

6.2 
6.1 
6.0 
6.3 
6.1 
6.0 
5.9 
6.9 
5.9 
5.8 
5.8 
5.7 
5.7 
5.7 
5.4 
5.6 
5.6 
5.6 
5.6 
5.5 
5.6 
5.4 
5.4 
5.4 
5.4 
5.5 
5.4 
5.6 
5.6 
5.6 
5.8 
6.0 
6.0 
6.0 
6.1 
6.2 
6.2 
6.4 
7.0 
7.0 
7.1 
6.8 
6.8 
6.7 
6.4 
6.4 
6.2 
6.5 
6.7 
6.4 
6.2 
6.1 
6.1 
6.0 
6.2 
6.4 
6.7 
6.4 
6.4 
6.3 
6.2 
6.1 
6.0 
(i.o 
6.2 
6.8 
6.6 
6.4 

65 
58 
51 
91 
58 
44 
37 
37 
37 
26 
26 
18 
18 
18 
2 
13 
10 
13 
10 
7 
10 
4 
1 
1 
4 
7 
2 
12 
8 
14 
28 
46 
46 
46 
58 
65 
73 
113 
500 
500 
555 
340 
370 
260 
175 
162 
114 
200 
260 
175 
125 
103 
103 
85 
115 
175 
260 
120 
96 
60 
38 
27 
20 
20 
32 
365 
200 
90 

58 
47 
30 
74 
148 
96 
58 
45 
36 
26 
16 
15 
8 
29 
3 
3 
3 
2 
0 
2 
1 
2 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
4 
3 
0 
12 
25 
30 
21 
30 
70 
94 
334 
2,950 
3,880 
6,200 
2,210 
3,060 
1,700 
665 
375 
243 
1,470 
760 
516 
261 
140 
107 
52 
55 
303 
1,130 
368 
247 
60 
43 
19 
7 
6 
21 
2,640 
1,070 
266 

274 

242 
231 
375 
259 
170 
149 
165 
181 
131 
156 
112 
117 
80 
7 
94 
75 

8 

54 

78 
19 
7 
4 
28 
48 
10 
85 
59 
116 
222 
350 
273 
253 
306 
352 
385 
573 
1,100 
1,710 
1,870 
1,120 
1,120 
803 
595 
608 
426 
764 
940 
809 
603 
490 
468 
432 
586 
944 
1,150 
437 
353 
250 
1,510 
115 
93 
97 
134 
1,120 
595 
256 

February  IS     . 

February  19 

February  20.  ..          

February  21 

February  22  

February  23 

February  24 

February  25 

February  **(» 

February  2S. 

March  1 

March  '2  

March  2 

March3  

March  4 

March  5 

March  (i 

March  7 

March  9  

March  10 

March  14  

March  15  . 

March  15 

March  16  

March  17 

March  20  

March  21   . 

March  21' 

March  23  

March  24 

March  25 

March  26  

March  27 

March  28  

March  29 

March  30  

March  31  • 

April  4 

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April  ti 

April  7  

April  8... 

April  9  

April  10.. 

April  11 

April  12..    . 

April  13 

April  14  

April  15 

April  1C)  

April  17 

April  18... 

April  lit     

April  20 

April  21  .  .  . 

April  22 

April  23... 

April  24     .     . 

April  25 

April  26.  .. 

April  27..    . 

April  28 

April  29  

April  30.. 

Mav  2 

May  3  

May  4.. 

64       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  lied  River  at  railroad  bridge  near  Granite,  Olcla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

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I'drtlal  analyst^,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  Kivef  at  railroad  bridge  near  Granite,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

i1 
1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(CO,). 

Bicarbonate  radi- 
cle (HCO,). 

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(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds). 

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Dissolved  solids. 

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1,740 
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Septeml>er  15 

September  16  

September  17 

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September  20 

September  21  

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Septeml)er  23 

September  24  

September  25 

September  26  

September  27  

September  28 

September  29  

September  30 

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66       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  far  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  railroad  bridge  near  Granite,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 
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2 
& 

•4 

Sb 

i 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(C08). 

Bicarbonate  radi- 
cle (HC03). 

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(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
.  (Ds). 

1 

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Dissolved  solids. 

1905-1907. 
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1,410 
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1,550 
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6.3 
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6.4 
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7.8 
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6.8 
6.6 
6.5 
6.4 
6.4 
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6.6 
6.6 
6.4 
6.4 
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6.2 
6.2 
6.2 
6.2 
6.4 
6.4 
6.5 
6.4 
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6.6 
6.4 
6.5 
6.5 
6.5 
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7.4 
7.6 
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7.4 
7.5 
7.8 
7.8 
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7.4 
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6.8 
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113 
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207 
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2,350 
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2,010 
709 
706 
1,230 
843 
860 
1,030 
1,470 
1,690 
1,710 
1,610 
409 
480 
472 
797 
1,140 
1,030 
920 
1,360 
940 
935 
1,020 
1,040 
1,060 
1,710 
3,400 
4,890 
3,750 
4,070 
4,310 
6,350 
5,890 
1,510 
2,770 
2,140 
2,240 
1,280 
661 
1,400 
481 
1,610 
595 
381 
1,900 
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1,260 
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313 
520 
522 
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October  10 

October  11    

October  12 

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October  15 

October  16       

October  17 

October  18    

October  19 

October  20    

October  21 

October  22    

October  23              ... 

October  24 

October  25 

October  26 

October  27    

October  29 

October  -30    

October  31 

November  1  

November  2 

November  3  . 

November  4 

November  5  

November  7  ... 

November  8 

November  9  ... 

November  11 

November  13  

November  14 

November  15  

November  16. 

November  25 

November  26  . 

November  27 

November  29  

November  30 

December  1    

December  2 

Decembers  

December  3 

December  4 

December  5 

December  6 

December  7    

December  8     .                 / 

December  12  

December  12 

December  15  

December  17       .... 

December  18 

December  19  

December  20 

December  2.1  

December  23       ... 

December  26 

December  28  

December  29       ... 

December  30 

December  31... 

NORTH   FORK   OF   RED   RIVER. 


67 


(iit(ili/s<s,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  railroad  bridge  near  Granite,  Okla.— Continued. 


Pates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

jl 

Solids  (toqs  per 
day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(CO,). 

Bicarbonate  radi- 
cle (HCOs). 

W0 

Suspended  matter 
(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds). 

i 

Dissolved  solids. 

1905-1907. 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
19 
19 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 

238 
224 

248 
248 
248 
238 
229 
286 
191 
238 
238 
248 
267 
277 
267 
267 
191 

258 
242 
268 
310 
279 
289 
289 
320 
217 
217 
227 
227 
227 
196 
237 
310 
206 
165 
155 
186 
217 
217 
227 
248 
258 
279 
268 
289 
227 
258 
268 
289 
330 
268 
320 
289 
268 
258 
279 
289 
289 
289 
294 
310 
320 
310 
310 
315 
310 
310 
340 
310 
310 
310 
330 
330 
279 
289 
310 
310 
281 
320 
320 
329 
306 
315 
302 

776 
549 
560 
728 
1,330 
520 
132 
3,480 
3,940 
2,690 
264 
1,220 
999 
1,320 
876 
988 
4,500 
5,920 
3,980 
1,630 
964 
1,230 
1,080 
848 
900 
428 
600 
788 
1,330 
1,060 
1,400 
204 
288 
568 
992 
2,320 
680 
592 
604 
728 
1,200 
660 
520 
464 
380 
.    264 
468 
328 
280 
296 
388 
256 
182 
.    292 
520 
460 
40 
280 
228 
212 
84 
160 
200 
160 
188 
184 
156 

1,540 
1,540 
1,520 
1,590 
1,540 
1,520 
1,680 
1,640 
1,140 
1,090 
2,620 
1,480 
1,500 
1,370 
1,460 
1,530 
1,370 
1,670 
1,080 
1,260 
1,310 
1,400 
1,480 
1,550 
1,540 
1,580 
1,640 
1,670 
1,340 
1,520 
1,510 
1,540 
1,520 
1,620 
1,628 
1,530 
1,420 
1,450 
1,550 
1,580 
1,550 
1,580 
1,600 
1,600 
1,760 
,680 
,720 
,690 
,740 
,750 
,780 
,740 
,740 
,730 
,840 
,900 
,620 
,610 
,720 
,720 
,790 
,690 
,750 
,710 
,660 
1,640 
1,740 

7.0 
7.1 
7.1 
7.0 
6.8 
6.9 
6.9 
7.9 
8.1 
7.4 
7.2 
7.0 
7.0 
7.5 
7.0 
7.0 
8.6 
8.5 
7.4 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
6.8 
7.0 
7.0 
7.2 
7.1 
7.0 
6.4 
6.7- 
7.3 
7.2 
7.5 
7.0 
6.9 
7.0 
6.8 
7.1 
6.9 
7.0 
7:0 
7.0 
7.1 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.1 
7.0 
7.2 
7.1 
7.3 
7.3 
7.2 
7.1 
7.1 
7.1 
7.1 
7.2 
7.2 
7.1 
7.1 
7.1 
7.1 

140 
180 
180 
140 
70 
100 
100 
660 
800 
340 
220 
160 
160 
400 
160 
160 
1,500 
1,400 
350 
200 
160 
180 
160 
180 
180 
120 
160 
180 
270 
250 
200 
10 
90 
340 
300 
450 
180 
160 
180 
120 
250 
160 
160 
160 
160 
200 
140 
180 
120 
140 
160 
120 
200 
160 
190 
190 
150 
70 
70 
70 
70 
100 
90 
70 
70 
70 
80 

294 
267 
272 
275 
252 
141 
36 
6,210 
8,520 
2,/170 
157 
528 
430 
1,430 
378 
426 
18,300 
22,400 
3,720 
879 
416 
600 
467 
413 
437 
139 
259 
383 
971 
715 
753 
6 
70 
523 
803 
2,820 
331 
256 
294 
236 
806 
285 
225 
201 
164 
143 
177 
159 
91 
112 
125 
83 
98 
126 
267 
236 
16 
58 
43 
40 
16 
43 
49 
30 
36 
35 
34 

582 
750 
739 
602 
291 
411 
455 
2,920 
2,460 
1,000 
1,560 
637 
645 
1,480 
632 
661 
5,560 
6,300 
1,010 
683 
567 
680 
640 
752 
748 
512 
709 
813 
976 
1,030 
814 
42 
369 
1,490 
1,320 
1,860 
688 
625 
751 
512 
1,050 
683 
691 
693 
760 
907 
650 
821 
564 
660 
769 
565 
940 
746 
944 
975 
656 
304 
325 
325 
338 
457 
425 
324 
315 
311 
376 

January  -                                        .  . 

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1'inirirv  (1 

January  7              

J  -niiiary  s 

January  (.t          

lanuary  10 

January  1"        

January  \'.\ 

January  14 

January  15              ...       ....... 

laiurirv  16 

January  17               

January  18 

January  19       

January  20 

January  21       

9 
19 
9 
19 
9 
9 
14 
9 
14 
9 
9 
19 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
0 
9 
0 
0 
9 
0 
19 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
19 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
5 
9 

210 
238 
286 
267 
267 
305 
277 
296 
267 
248 
191 
172 
200 
229 
210 
U91 
191 
210 
229 
196 
172 
191 
181 
238 
191 
200 
172 
162 
172 
181 
152 
172 
162 
162 
191 
172 
172 
181 
229 
219 
210 
205 
220 
288 
229 
205 
214 
215 
234 

January  22 

January  23       

January  24 

January  25       

January  26 

January  27 

January  28 

January  29 

January  30       ... 

February  1 

February  2              

1-Vbruarv  3 

February  5              

February  6 

February  7          

February  8 

February  9       

February  11 

February  12     

February  13 

February  14  

February  15 

February  16 

February  17 

February  18 

February  19 

February  20 

February  21               

February  22 

February  23   

February  24 

February  25  

February  26 

February  27 

February  28.   . 

March  I' 

March  3  ... 

March  5 

March  6... 

March  7 

March  9 

March  10.. 

March  11 

March  12... 

March  13 

March  14 

March  15.. 

March  16 

68        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  North  Fork  of  Red  River  at  rail- 
road bridge  near  Granite,  Okla. 


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1905-1907. 

April  13-June  17 

25 

+4.3 

1,310 

15 

3.4 

14 

0.76 

12 

36 

19 

0  007 

June  18-  July  30                ...... 

21 

+4.4 

1,970 

13 

3.7 

ol5 

.00 

9.4 

36 

21 

.005 

July  21-November  1 

28 

1,120 

3.8 

12 

.00 

19 

36 

18 

.000 

October  31  December  1 

19 

1,280 

14 

3.8 

.00 

15 

37 

19 

003 

December  3-  January  6  

19 

-1.0 

1,600 

12 

3.2 

15 

.00 

12 

34 

22 

.003 

January  8-25 

16 

—3.0 

1,870 

11 

3.3 

15 

.00 

10 

36 

23 

002 

February  1  March  31 

48 

2,100 

14 

3.8 

.76 

9.5 

36 

21 

OO9 

\pril  4-30 

26 

+0.6 

1,480 

12 

4.1 

15 

.00 

13 

38 

19 

000 

May  2  31 

29 

,490 

13 

.42 

H 

36 

.     19 

000 

June  1-30 

30 

-1.2 

,470 

12 

3.7 

12 

.00 

12 

33 

20 

.000 

July  1  27 

24 

+4.3 

,340 

13 

4.0 

15 

.00 

13 

37 

19 

000 

August  1-31 

26 

+4.5 

,050 

14 

4.2 

14 

.00 

17 

36 

17 

.004 

September  3-30 

29 

+3.1 

,300 

11 

3.8 

16 

.00 

12 

36 

18 

.000 

October  1-31       .  .            

38 

+1.5 

1,350 

12 

3.9 

14 

.00 

17 

33 

18 

.033 

November  1-30 

18 

1,450 

12 

3.9 

.00 

14 

19 

.015 

December  1-31  

24 

+  .5 

1,350 

12 

3.5 

14 

.00 

18 

34 

17 

.066 

January  1-30 

28 

+2.1 

1,400 

11 

4.5 

15 

.00 

17 

35 

18 

.031 

February  1-28  

26 

+2.2 

1,690 

9.5 

4.7 

15 

.00 

7.8 

37 

20 

March  1  16 

13 

1,680 

11 

5.1 

00 

11 

40 

19 

ooo 

Mean                         .  .. 

2.5 

1,490 

12 

3.9 

14 

.10 

13 

36 

19 

.010 

a  Sodium  is  99.6  per  cent  and  potassium  is  0.53  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  North  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Granite,  Okla. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

0 

56 

313 

128 

124 

o 

46 

187 

131 

91 

March 

0 

22 

72 

«121 

54 

\pril 

o 

173 

116 

% 

May 

312 

262 

204 

259 

June 

o23 

651 

191 

848 

428 

July 

20 

221 

492 

102 

209 

August 

a53 

81 

297 

417 

212 

September 

3 

0 

497 

62 

141 

October 

1 

0 

562 

733 

324 

November                                       

0 

0 

414 

295 

177 

December 

0 

o 

468 

177 

161 

Mean 

105 

290 

294 

190 

*a  Approximate. 
NORTH  FORK  OF  RED  RIVER  NEAR  HEADRICK,  OKLA. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  North  Fork  of  Red  River  at 
Navajo  dam  site  near  Headrick,  Okla.,  from  May  20,  1905,  to  March 
19,  1907.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  Frisco  Railway 
bridge,  8  miles  west  of  Snyder,  by  the  United  States  Geological  Sur- 
vey, April  14,  1905,  and  was  discontinued  July  31 ,  1905;  and  a  gaging 
station  was  established  at  Navajo  dam  site  July  17,  1905,  and  discon- 
tinued March  30,  1908.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights 


NORTH    FORK   OF   RED   RIVER. 


69 


and  estimates  of  discharge,  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports:0 

Water-Supply  Papers:  173,  pp.  75-78;  209,  pp.  54-56;  247,  pp.  93-96. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headrick,  Okla. 

[Drainage  area,  5,470  square  rniles.l 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

I 
1 

I 

a 

tf 

1 

I 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

£ 

%3 

SB 

0 

JL 

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02 

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Q 

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CQ 

1 

ft 

1905-1907. 
May  20  21  22  25  26  27 

2 
12 

151 
140 

426 
558 

3,630 
3,590 
8,880 
5,070 
510 
854 
584 
388 
430 
352 
1,000 
578 
290 
2,680 
250 
924 
368 

114 
302 
212 
256 

408 
1,730 
2,170 
'   578 
660 
692 
292 
488 
452 
256 
564 
436 
228 
1,140 
1,380 
1,030 
492 
288 
396 
6,390 
404 
636 
452 
496 
286 
372 
364 
384 
224 
212 
264 
216 
280 

1,310 
2,100 
720 
858 
3,150 
5,310 
3,960 
4,970 
5,340 
6,410 
3,230 
4,490 
5,270 
3,330 
5,610 
1,740 
3,730 

5,580 
6,490 
6,940 
7,380 

4,350 
3,830 
2,170 
3,050 
3,600 
3,640 
3,940 
4,150 
3,960 
4,320 
4,100 
4,430 
4,040 
6,620 
2,620 
2,960 
4,060 
4,120 
4,020 
4,020 
4,110 
4,400 
4,440 
3,880 
4,140 
3,820 
3,890 
3,960 
4,200 
4,300 
4,290 
4,710 
4.870" 

3.2 
3.8 
5.0 
4.2 
2.4 
2.2 
.9 
.7 
.6 
.6 
.9 
2.5 
2.5 
3.0 
2.0 
3.1 
2.6 

2.2 
2.2 
2.1 
2.1 

2.3 
2.7 
2.5 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
3.0 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.8 
2.7 
2.6 
2.5 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
,    2.5 
T    2.5 

2,300 
2,900 
8,000 
3,000 
500 
450 
250 
140 
120 
120 
250 
244 
266 
1,210 
41 
370 
149 

54 
36 
24 
24 

238 
290 
169 
160 
140 
130 
120 
120 
120 
100 
100 
170 
•  170 
170 
320 
230 
230 
170 
160 
160 
160 
160 
235 
195 
166 
130 
160 
130 
130 
130 
130 
125 
120 

22,600 
28,100 
192,000 
41,100 
689 
1,040 
394 
147 
139 
114 
677 
381 
208 
8,770 
28 
923 
148 

17 

29 
14 
17 

262 
1,360 
989 
250 
250 
243 
95 
158 
146 
69 
153 
200 
105 
524 
1,190 
640 
305 
132 
171 
2,760 
174 
275 
286 
261 
128 
131 
157 
135 
79 
74 
93 
73 
91 

8,100 
16,400 
15,600 
6,950 
4,260 
6,450 
2,680 
1,880 
1,730 
2,080 
2,180 
2,960 
3,780 
10,900 
621 
1,740 
1,500 

814 
630 
450 
479 

2,800 
3,000 
989 
,320 
,360 
,280 
,270 
,350 
,280 
1,170 
1,110 
2,040 
1,860 
3,040 
2,270 
1,830 
2,520 
1,890 
1,730 
1,730 
1,770 
1,900 
2,820 
2,040 
1,860 
1,340 
1,680 
1,390 
1,470 
1,510 
1,510 
1,590 
1,580 

M'IV  ''S*  29*  June  3  4*  5  6  8  10 

May  V      ' 

May  30                            

June  11    l'>  14   15  16   17                 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 

•o 

9 
0 

6 

175 
161 
149 
152 
161 
174 
114 
130 
338 
141 
160 

981 
1,900 
1,190 
1,830 
1,990 
2,660 
1,220 
1,700 
1,870 
1,120 
2,270 

June  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  
June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1  
July  2345678 

July  9*  10  11  '  12  13  14'  15 

Julv  Iti,  17,  18.  19,  20,  21,  22  
July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  
July  25  26  27  28  29  30  31 

August  12567                       

August  14   15  24  25  26  28 

Septeml>er  1345                

Septeml)er  13 

September  16,  17,  18,  20,  21,  23,  24.  ... 
September  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  Octo- 

0 

6 
4 
11 

8 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
27 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

165 

155 
167 
146 
185 

185 

188 
172 
218 
218 
205 
238 
238 
238 
231 
231 
185 
224 
185 
193 
156 
195 
238 
226 
224 
238 
231 
191 
231 
224 
231 
224 
216 
.227 
218 
205 
211 
244 

1,300 

2,160 
2,610 
2,850 
3,100 

1,660 
1,430 
641 
1,100 
1,250 
1,260 
1,360 
1,380 
1,400 
1,590 
1,530 
1,770 
1,520 
2,820 
810 
984 
1,470 
1,550 
1,520 
1,550 
1,550 
1,730 
1,730 
1,420 
1,560 
1,430 
1,420 
1,480 
1,610 
1,630 
1,670 
1,790 
1     1.860 

October  2  3  6  7  8  10  11 

October  14  15  16  17,  18  19,  20  

October  24  25  26  28 

October  29,  November  13,  14,  15,  16, 
17  18 

November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  
November  26,  28,  30,  December  1,  2.  . 
December  3,  4,  5  .          

December  6 

Decemter  7  

Decemlxjr  8 

December  9  .  

December  10 

December  11  

December  12 

December  13  

December  14 

December  15 

Decemter  16 

Deceml^er  17 

December  18  

Deceml>er  31 

Januarv  2  

Januarv  3 

January  4  

Januarv  5 

Januarv  6 

Januarv  7  

Januarv  8  9  10,  11,  12,  13  14 

January  15 

Januarv  16 

January  17 

Januarv  18  

Januarv  19 

Januarv  20  

Januarv  21 

January  23... 

a  See  also  Fifth  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  245. 


70        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headrick,  Okla. — Continued. 


.)at«s. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

8U 

I1 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

1 

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1 

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5 

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1 

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3 

1 

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1 
1 

2 
1 

1 

1 
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1905-1907. 
February  4 

277 
249 
277 
280 
252 
233 
221 
230 
235 
195 
209 
237 
210 
217 
231 
243 
249 
249 
243 
230 
236 
223 
225 
223 
236 
243 
236 
230 
223 
230 
197 
217 
179 
191 
185 
192 
'198 
192 
220 
220 
227 
227 
220 
220 
217 
192 
102 
121 
154 
154 
172 
172 
198 
198 
198 
185 
153 
102 
115 
128 
165 
179 
122 
128 
108 
115 
122 
160 

2,670 
2,240 
1,840 
1,840 
2,230 
2,680 
2,110 
2,130 
2,110 
,490 
,490 
,630 
,890 
,890 
2,000 
2,100 
2,220 
2,210 
2,280 
2,290 
2,470 
2,380 
2,500 
2,550 
3,160 
3,160 
3,130 
3,270 
2,970 
2,980 
2,540 
1,770 
1,320 
1,340 
1.590 
948 
908 
928 
1,000 
996 
986 
1,120 
1.130 
1,400 
1,260 
1,330 
261 
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1,340 
387 
387 
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1,260 
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172 
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256 
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268 
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1,120 
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364 
512 
492 
288 
400 
356 
1,410 
656 
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2,140 
820 
700 
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324 
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2,470 
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9,750 
2.230 
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284 
712 
220 
348 
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404 
380 
9,390 
8,830 
8,710 
5,390 
2,580 
1,010 

6,520 
5,570 
4,940 
4,940 
5,570 
6,400 
5,370 
5,350 
5,430 
3,580 
4,230 
4,220 
4,420 
4,770 
4,870 
5,580 
5,870 
5,880 
5,860 
5,930 
6,200 
6,080 
6,180 
6,270 
7,620 
7,550 
7,470 
7,990 
7,290 
7,250 
6,340 
4,770 
4,070 
4,080 
4,400 
3,190 
3,050 
3,090 
3,180 
3,090 
3,090 
3,240 
3,220 
3,890 
3,520 
3,640 
772 
960 
4,070 
1,880 
1,740 
2.040 
3,060 
3,730 
3,730 
4,320 
1,310 
2,550 
2,190 
2.260 
2,860 
3,640 
2,840 
2,800 
1.870 
1,660 
1,540 
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2.4 
2.4 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
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2.3 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
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2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.3 
2.5 
2.4 
2.3 
2.8 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
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2.  6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.6 
4.3 
3.6 
4.6 
3.6 
3.6 
3.5 
2.9 
2.7 
217 
2.7 
5.6 
4.2 
3.7 
3.6 
3.1 
3.2 
3.2 
4.3 
5.1 
4.2 
3.9 
3.4 

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95 
70 
70 
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47 
47 
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635 
635 
634 
641 
636 
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608 
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713 
726 
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900 
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2,550 
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3,080 
1.560 
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of  Red  River  at  Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headrick,  Okla. — Continued. 


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297 
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515 
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327 
317 
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416 
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356 
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564 
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1,220 
1,230 
277 
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616 
332 
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7,730 
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688 
172 
200 
156 
20 
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68 
76 
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2,240 
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2,490 
2,820 
3,270 
3,600 
3,330 
2,320 
2.030 
1,970 
1,760 
1,900 
2,230 
3,480 
3,520 
3,500 
4,250 
4,340 
3,480 
3,480 
4,110 
2,700 
2,660 
4,000 
3,330 
3,310 
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3,830 
2,200 
2,930 
1,710 
1,680 
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3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
3.2 
4.6 
4.0 
4.4 
4.0 
3.5 
3.2 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
2.9 
2.8 
2.8 
3.1 
3.1 
3.5 
3.3 
3.0 
3.0 
2.8 
2.8 
2.7 
3.5 
5.0 
3.7 
3.2 
3.1 
3.1 
2.8 
2.7 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
5.0 
4.5 
4.8 

260 
220 
220 
170 
260 
2,040 
1,000 
1,680 
1,000 
465 
260 
170 
170 
170 
170 
160 
160 
480 
480 
520 
335 
235 
235 
160 
160 
140 
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3,620 
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330 
280 
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95 
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70 
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35,000 
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22,000 
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1,750 
1,680 
1,940 
1,650 
2,340 
12,800 
5,480 
8,950 
4,750 
2,390 
1,570 
1,600 
1,620 
1,610 
1,950 
1,880 
1,500 
4,520 
5,340 
3,790 
2,400 
2,530 
2,110 
1,430 
1,550 
1,450 
3,080 
28,600 
3,170 
1,500 
593 
1,900 
1,040 
1,040 
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10,600 
5,640 

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June  1 

June  2  

June  3 

June  4  

June  5 

June  ti 

June  7  -.  

June  8 

June  9  

June  10 

June  11  

June  12                             ... 

June  13 

June  14  

June  15 

June  16  

June  18 

June  19  

June  20  

June  21 

June  22  

June  23 

June  24  

June  25 

June  27  

June  28 

June  29  

June  30  

July  1 

July  2... 

July3 

July  4... 

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July  6 

July  7 

July  9 

July  10... 

July  11 

July  12... 

July  13 

4.8 
3.5 
3.5 
4.0 
3.6 
3.4 
3.3 
4.8 
3.5 
3.2 
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3.6 
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470 
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315 
2,000 
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1,240 
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190 
190 
190 
190 
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2,820 
2,700 
3,000 
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6,140 
1,010 
1,010 
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492 
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15,400 
15,900 
2,450 
2,110 
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632 
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312 
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6,330 
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2,110 
2,360 
2,420 
2,500 
3.880 
3.910 
1,670 
1.770 
1.800 
2,110 
2,170 
2,220 
2,980 
2,900 
1.870 
1.320 

1,670 
1,000 
5,450 
3.430 
3,890 
619 
33,200 
1,060 
654 
329 
213 
140 
188 
6,650 
68,800 
8,200 
2,570 
1.310 
324 
499 
488 
160 
300 
31,600 
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1,970 
3,130 
2,090 
2,500 
1,700 
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1,270 
1,140 
1,020 
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1,670 
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5.600 
2,160 
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1,080 
1,110 
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1.530 
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9.320 
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July  17 

July  18... 

July  19 

July  20... 

July  21 

July  22 

July  23... 

July  24 

July  25 

July  26..   . 

July  27 

July  28  

July  29 

July  30 

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August  1 

August  2  

August  3 

August  4  ^  

August  5  

August  6 

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of  Red  River  at  Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headrick,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

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2,800 
1,350 
1,550 
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1,990 
3,180 
3,220 
3,270 
3,700 
1,730 
2,940 
3,700 
3,300 
4,440 
2,560 
3,160 
2,640 
1,660 
4,020 
1,530 
1,800 
1,930 
2,220 
2,640 
2,752 
1,320 
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2,840 
2,610 
2,700 
3,040 
3,350 
3,380 
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1,840 
1,840 
1,810 
3,380 
3,360 
3,280 
3,800 
4,990 
4,380 
2,210 
1,230 
1,320 
1,620 
2,040 
2,430 
2,340 
2.300 
2,510 
2,740 
2,970 
3,160 
3,110 
3,140 
3,420 
3,660 
3.460 
3,360 
3,200 
3,830 
3,840 
2,420 
3,290 
3,480 
3.470 

3,200 

5.3 
5.3 
3.9 
3.4 
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2.9 
2.8 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.4 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
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3.8 
3.4 
3.2 
3.0 
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2.9 
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3.8 
2.3 
2.5 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
3.4 
4.0 
3.4 
3.3 
3.4 
3.2 
2.9 
2.8 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
5.6 
3.9 
3.6 
3.6 
3.4 
3.4 
3.6 
3.4 
3.3 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.4 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.4 
3.0 
3.4 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
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2,680 
2,680 
740 
380 
280 
245 
224 
180 
180 
180 
130 
95 
20 
20 
20 
20 
2,000 
2,000 
700 
380 
280 
220 
220 
190 
295 
2,700 
755 
70 
80 
120 
120 
120 
95 
380 
980 
395 
340 
395 
295 
185 
135 
90 
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5,980 
1,220 
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680 
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820 
480 
390 
335 
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250 
250 
400 
290 
270 
300 
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560 
435 
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73,700 
37,800 
4,030 
2,140 
532 
1,180 
177 
227 
218 
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32,800 
23,100 
1,320 
1,660 
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378 
316 
193 
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12,300 
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311 
140 
145 
108 
134 
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122.000 
7,230 
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1,290 
1,280 
3,080 
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9,750 
3,090 
1,480 
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2,100 
1,940 
1.590 
1,800 
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178 
240 
138 
171 
14.300 
8,970 
7,600 
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1.320 
1,350 
2.190 
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4,270 
537 
565 
875 
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1,080 
866 
2.320 
4,860 
1,960 
1,660 
3,600 
2,670 
1,640 
1,390 
1,210 
945 
389 
19,900 
4,330 
2.070 
3,750 
3,420 
2,900 
5.100 
8,260 
2,880 
2.690 
2.650 
2,230 
2.130 
2.310 
3.9CO 
2,710 
2.460 
2,590 
3,510 

:,.MKI 

2,840 
2,580 
2,730 
2,390 

August  12  

August  13 

August  14  

August  16 

August  17 

August.  18 

August  19 

August  20 

August  20 

August  21 

August  22 

August  24  

August  24 

August  25 

August  26 

August  27 

August  27 

August  28 

August  29  

August  30 

August  31  

September  1 

September  2  

September  4 

September  5  

September  6. 

September  8  

September  9.  . 

September  10 

September  11  

September  12 

September  13  

September  15 

September  24  

September  25 

September  26  

September  27 

September  28  

September  29 

September  30  

October  10  

October  11 

October  13  

October  15 

October  18 

October  19 

October  20 

October  22  

October  23 

October  24  

October  26 

October  27  

October  28 

October  29  

October  30      

October  31 

November  2  

November  2 

November  5 

November  6 

November  7 

November  8  .... 

November  9 

November  10  

November  13 

November  14  

\()\  clIllnT  1") 

November  16 

November  21... 

NORTH    FORK    OF   RED   RIVER. 


73 


I'artial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Fork 
of  Red  River  at  Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headrick,  Okla. —Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

f 

s 

1 

ft 
I 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(C08). 

Bicarbonate  radi- 
cle (HCOj). 

Chlorine  radicle 
(Cl). 

Suspended  matter 
(Sm). 

Dissolved  solids 
(Ds). 

1 

CQ 

• 
Dissolved  solids. 

1905-1907.     , 
November  25  

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
5 
0 
9 
0 
9 
9 
9 
0 
0 
9 
9 
0 
9 
9 
5 
5 
0 
5 
9 
5 
5 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

220 
222 
218 
196 
168 
188 
249 
157 
242 
231 
256 
.221 
L54 
|150 
229 
122 
166 
222 
220 
326 
262 
267 
248 
220 
229 
286 
210 
220 
243 
248 
238 
253 
238 
243 
215 
224 
205 
224 
229 
191 
215 
"215 
210 
200 
200 
210 
220 
210 
210 
220 
215 
215 
220 
229 
220 
220 
220 
186 
181 
190 
153 
190 
153 
200 
210 

1,370 

846 
394 
324 
370 
226 
476 
506 
654 
674 
696 
794 
787 
830 
403 
825 
894 
780 
558 
689 
506 
552 
620 
516 
558 
630 
672 
548 
919 
682 
676 
609 
697 
769 
785 
790 
836 
847 
873 
873 
883 
950 
987 
960 
966 
955 
966 
960 
935 
893 
898 
795 
826 
888 
940 
930 
971 
1,000 
1,040 
991 
1,030 
1,070 
1,080 
1,030 
1,060 

276 
1,630 
1,780 
1,320 
2,060 
2,080 
944 
740 
436 
1,310 
608 
624 
224 
380 
732 
516 
292 
988 
540 
480 
504 
992 
788 
840 
864 
296 
448 
116 
372 
548 
444 
664 
•284 
288 
188 
380 
272 
292 
104 
192 
136 
196 
120 
156 
184 
232 
1% 
136 
216 
280 
228 
236 
272 
176 
168 
212 
140 
24 
40 
160 
116 
52 
200 
32 
52 

3,900 
2,860 
1,870 
1,520 
1,590 
1,520 
2,250 
2,400 
2,690 
2,710 
2,7.50 
2,930 
2,780 
2,940 
2,020 
2,920 
3,030 
2,660 
2,540 
2,690 
2,420 
2,590 
2,610 
2,320 
2,470 
2,690 
2,690 
2,600 
3,410 
2,760 
2,740 
2,540 
2,740 
2,910 
3,000 
3,000 
3,020 
3,090 
3,200 
3,120 
3,120 
3,260 
3,340 
3,240 
3,280 
3,240 
3,260 
3,280 
3,200 
3,060 
3,010 
2,870 
2,980 
3,130 
3,140 
3,040 
3,280 
3,380 
3,430 
3,220 
3,350 
3,460 
3,440 
3,540 
3,540 

3.5 
4.9 
4.4 
4.(i 
5.0 
4.7 
4.0 
3.9 
3.8 
3.8 
3.7 
3.7 
3.6 
3.7 
3.6 
3.6 
3.6 
4.4 
4.0 
5.5 
3.8 
3.8 
4.2 
4.1 
3.8 
3.9 
3.6 
3.6 
3.8 
3.9 
4.0 
3.8 
3.6 
3.6 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.4 
3.5 
3.4 
3.5 
3.5 
3.4 
3.4 
3.5 
3.6 
3.8 
3.7 
3.7 
3.6 
3.5 
3.5 
3.6 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3.5 
3. 
3. 
3. 
3. 
3. 

560 
2,700 
1,430 
1,480 
3,160 
2,840 
760 
680 
500 
460 
440 
440 
240 
400 
400 
360 
330 
1,020 
700 
3,300 
550 
470 
820 
770 
550 
600 
380 
380 
480 
590 
620 
500 
400 
350 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
350 
320 
350 
320 
340 
340 
350 
350 
380 
460 
550 
500 
500 
450 
400 
400 
440 
400 
400 
350 
350 
300 
250 
260 
260 
250 

418 
11,900 
6,870 
5,260 
17,  (WO 
16,000 
1,940 
1,360 
688 
1,620 
722 
740 
145 
411 
790 
502 
260 
2,720 
,020 
,280 
749 
,260 
,740 
,740 
,280 
480 
460 
119 
482 
874 
744 
896 
307 
272 
163 
329 
235 
253 
90 
181 
118 
185 
104 
143 
169 
219 
185 
140 
269 
416 
308 
319 
330 
190 
182 
252 
151 
26 
38 
151 
94 
35 
140 
22 
35 

5,890 
20,900 
7,210 
6,060 
13,500 
11,700 
4,620 
4,420 
3><>30 
3,360 
3,270 
3,480 
1,800 
3,170 
2,180 
2,840 
2,700 
7,350 
4,820 
23,900 
3,600 
3,290 
5,780 
4,820 
3,660 
4,350 
2,760 
2,660 
4,420 
4,410 
4,580 
3,430 
2,940 
2,750 
2,590 
2,590 
2,610 
2,  670 
2,770 
2,950 
2,700 
3,090 
2,890 
2,980 
3,010 
3,060 
3,080 
3,360 
3,980 
4,550 
4,060 
3,870 
3,610 
8,880 
3,390 
3,610 
3,540 
3,650 
3,240 
3,040 
2,710 
2,340 
2,410 
2,480 
2,390 

November  26 

nber  28  

November  29 

November  30  :  

December  4 

December  8 

December  10  

December  17 

December  18 

December  19  

December  20 

December  2")  

December  31                                     . 

January  1  

January  4 

January  7 

January  9  

January  12 

January  19  

January  27 

January  28 

January  31  

February  1 

February  2.  . 

February  4 

February  5  

February  6 

February  7 

February  8  ... 

February  9 

February  11  

February  12  . 

February  14 

February  15.. 

February  16 

February  17  

February  18 

February  19  

February  20  ... 

February  21 

February  22  ... 

February  23 

February  24  

February  25  ... 

February  26 

February  27  ... 

February  28 

March  1  

March  2. 

March  3 

March  4  

March  5 

March  6 

March  7  .  . 

March  9 

March  10  

March  11 

March  13 

March  14  

March  15.. 

March  16  ^ 

March  17  

March  18 

March  19  

NOTE.— The  first  11  samples  listed  above,  May  20-July  29,  1905,  were  taken  at  the  railroad  bridge  a  few 
miles  below  the  dam  site. 


74        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  North  Fork  of  Red  River  at 
Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headnck,  Okla. 


I 

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1905-1907. 

May  20-  June  24. 

27 

+1.3 

2,940 

10 

2.0 

21 

0.00 

5.7 

26 

33 

0.001 

June  25-  July  22 

28 

—1.1 

5,160 

9.7 

1.9 

23 

.00 

3.0 

22 

42 

.000 

July  23-September  30  

26 
27 

+3.0 

3,870 
4,900 

9.9 

1.8 
1.8 

23 
25 

.00 
.00 

3.6 
3.3 

25 
22 

34 
38 

.001 
.000 

August  14-October  11  

October  14-November  25 

25 

5,480 

1.9 

.00 

3.4 

19 

39 

.001 

November  26-December  16 

19 

3,320 

1  8 

22 

00 

5  4 

22 

36 

000 

December  17-  January  23 

24 

—0.3 

4,040 

7.4 

2.0 

24 

.00 

5.1 

20 

39 

.001 

February  7-28  

12 

+1.0 

4,980 

7.2 

2.0 

25 

.42 

5.1 

19 

38 

.000 

April  1-30                            

15 

-2.5 

3,400 

7.4 

2.1 

21 

.00 

5.9 

22 

35 

.000 

March  2  27 

17 

—0.1 

6,290 

5.3 

2.0 

26 

.00 

3.7 

17 

41 

.000 

May  1  31 

24 

2  640 

12 

.38 

6  0 

29 

27 

000 

June  1-30 

28 

—1.4 

2,790 

15 

2.7 

12 

.00 

5.9 

30 

28 

.000 

July  1-31  .  .             

28 

+0.0 

2,480 

11 

2.1 

18 

.00 

6.3 

28 

28 

.000 

August  1-31 

30 

+3.1 

2,520 

13 

2.1 

17 

.00 

5.7 

32 

25 

Tr. 

September  1-30  

19 

-0.4 

2,550 

11 

2.2 

19 

.00 

6.4 

30 

30 

.035 

October  10-31                        .  . 

16 

2,690 

11 

2.1 

19 

.00 

7.3 

30 

30 

.003 

November  2-30  

18 

-0.1 

3,020 

10 

2.5 

20 

.00 

6.5 

28 

31 

.029 

December  4-  January  31  

18 

+0.4 

2,570 

11 

3.2 

16 

.00 

6.8 

34 

25 

.000 

February  1-28 

25 

—0.1 

2,870 

10 

3.2 

18 

.00 

7.1 

32 

27 

.008 

March  1  19 

17 

+0  8 

3,230 

9  2 

3  3 

20 

.00 

4  3 

31 

30 

Mean  

1.1 

3,590 

10 

2.2 

20 

.04 

5.3 

26 

33 

.004 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  North  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Headrick,  Okla. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  .  .                       

140 

817 

349 

435 

February 

95 

425 

285 

268 

March 

42 

304 

215 

187 

April 

497 

270 

384 

Mav 

797 

1,260 

1,030 

June 

610 

2,130 

1,370 

July 

«218 

697 

410 

442 

August 

432 

625 

547 

535 

September                                       .  .                                        %. 

292 

833 

182 

436 

October 

29 

599 

1,740 

7S9 

November 

251 

592 

343 

395 

December 

175 

979 

348 

501 

Mean                                                .  . 

542 

731 

564 

o  Approximate. 
NORTH  PLATTE  RIVER  NEAR  FORT  LARAMIE,  WYO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  North  Platte  River  near  Fort 
Laramie,  Wyo.,  from  May  21,  1906,  to  April  20,  1907.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  at 
Guernsey,  Wyo.,  about  15  miles  above  .Fort  Laramie,  June  14,  1900. 
Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  esti- 


NORTH   PLATTE  RIVER. 


75 


mates  of  discharge,  for  the  gaging  station  have  been  published  by  the 
Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Annual  Report  22,  IV,  312. 

\Vater-Supply  Papers:  49,  p.  275;  52,  p.  516;  66,  pp.  27,  171;  75,  pp.  125-126; 

84,  pp.  68-70;  99,  pp.  165-167;  131,  pp.  35-38;  172,  pp.  196-199;  208,  pp. 

142-144;  246,  pp.  231-234. 

1'itrtial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  North  Platte 
River  near  Fort  Laramie,  Wyo. 

[Drainage  area,  16,200  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

If 

§ 
1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

1 
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May  21 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
19 
13 
19 
19 
0 
0 
0 
0 
12 
0 
0 
6 
7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
14 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
3 
0 
0 
0 

& 

0 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 

105 
128 
121 
108 
108 
89 
83 
70 
98 
86 
96 
82 
85 
154 
154 
156 
153 
137 
154 
144 
143 
137 
147 
160 
162 
136 
140 

175 

164 
149 
163 
176 
167 
168 
174 
196 
174 
169 
119 
128 
138 
143 
141 
134 
143 
119 
119 
114 

16 
10 
10 
6 
6 
8 
14 
12 
10 
10 
15 
15 
25 
20 
20 
17 
23 
18 
29 
17 
19 
15 
24 
18 
97 
21 
19 

24 
21 
17 
23 
18 
15 
31 
26 
23 
'  26 
21 
16 
18 
21 
21 
23 
26 
16 
13 
15 
14 

578 
2,980 
2,580 
640 
260 
392 
264 
752 
800 
2,180 
334 
74 
1,430 
336 
1,630 
2,490 
300 
210 
288 
578 
108 
124 
602 
792 
354 
228 
204 

62 
308 
544 
144 
138 
130 
190 
80 
110 
120 
70 
406 
916 
922 
440 
482 
940 
3,450 
326 
230 
426 

232 
212 
232 
220 
212 
148 
124 
156 
214 
338 
316 
320 
366 
424 
402 
396 
408 
412 
514 
398 
420 
406 
412 
388 
414 
352 
398 

456 
368 
302 
416 
448 
382 
416 
530 
482 
414 
480 
374 
360 
370 
394 
390 
410 
320 
250 
260 
248 

4.2 
4.8 
5.7 
5.1 
5.'0 
5.7 
4.4 
4.0 
2.9 
2.9 
2.2 
1.5 
1.5 
1.7 
1.6 
1.2 
0.8 
0.8 
1.1 
1.0 
0.9 
0.8 
0.9 
1.2 
1.6 
1.5 
1.3 

1.3 
1.5 
1.7 
1.5 
1.5 
0.9 
1.0 
1.1 

6,870 
8,460 
11,000 
9,360 
8,860 
11,000 
7,390 
6,240 
3,820 
3,950 
2,640 
1,420 
1,230 
1,700 
1,520 
970 
490 
530 
802 
698 
585 
530 
630 
928 
1,500 
1,320 
1,170 

1,090 
1,340 
1,710 
1,350 
1,420 

10,700 
68,000 
76,600 
16,200 
6,220 
11,600 
5,270 
12,700 
8,260 
23,300 
2,380 
284 
4,770 
1,540 
6,700 
6,510 
397 
301 
624 
1,090 
171 
178 
1,020 
1,980 
1,430 
813 
645 

183 
1,110 
2,510 
525 
529 

4,300 
4,850 
6,890 
5,560 
5,070 
4,400 
2,470 
2,630 
2,210 
3.600 
2,250 
1,230 
1,220 
1,950 
1,650 
1,040 
540 
590 
1,010. 
751 
664 
581 
700 
972 
1,680 
1,260 
1,260 

1,340 
1,330 
1,400 
1,520 
1,720 

May  26  ?  

May  28.                    

June  4 

June  11        .                    

June  18 

June  25  

June  28 

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

July  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21 

July  22,  23,  24  25  26  27  28 

July  29,  30,  31,  August  2,  3 

August  5,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

August  13,  14,  15,  17,  18. 

August  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25 

August  24,  26,  27,  29,  31,  September  1.  . 
September  4,  5,  7,  8 

September  9  10 

September  2  1,22... 

September  25,  27,  28,  29  

October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6.                      . 

October  17,  19,  20  

October  2  1,22,  23..     . 

October  28,  29,  30,  31,  November  1,3... 
November  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

November  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17  

November  19,  20,  21  22  23  24 

November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  Decem- 
ber 1 

December  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8 

December  9,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

December  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  

December  23,  24,  25,  27,  28 

December  30,  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5... 
January  6  7  8  9  10  11  12 

January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

January  20  21  22  23  24  26 

January  25,  27,  28,  30,  31 

February  3,  5,  6,  7,  8  9 

February  10  11  12  13  14  15  16 

February  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  23 

February  24,  25,  26,  28,  March  1,  2  
March  3,  4,5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

1.3 
1.5 
1.8 
3.5 
2.5 
2.3 
2.9 

1,110 
1,310 
1,850 
6,080 
3.160 
2,800 
4,470 

1,320 
1,700 
4,690 
56.600 
2,780 
1.740 
5,130 

1,180 
1,380 
2,050 
5,250 
2,130 
.1,960 
2,990 

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

March  15,  16,  17,  18,  20,  21,  22,  23  : 
March  24,  25,  26,  27,  29,  30  . 

March  31,  April  1,  2,  3,  5,  6  
April  7,  8,  12,  13  

April  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20 

76        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  North  Platte  River  near  Fort 

Laramie,  Wyo. 


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S. 

5 

a 

£T 

03 

O 

CQ 

£ 

1900-7. 

; 

July  -^-August  3 

24 

—4.3 

272 

17 

4.4 

5  9 

0  00 

46 

34 

36      o  nn 

August  5-September  1  
September  4-29 

23 
12 

+3.0 

364 

418 

18 
17 

4.9 
4.8 

10 

.00 
.00 

43 
37 

37 

38 

5.5 
5  3 

.01 
08 

October  1-November  3  

18 

+4.1 

434 

16 

4.1 

12 

.00 

36 

38 

4.6 

.00 

November  4-December  1  

25 

+6.6 

394 

19 

.6 

12 

.00 

39 

39 

5.8 

.00 

December  2-28 

24 

+5.0 

440 

16 

.3 

11 

00 

37 

36 

4  5 

04 

December  30-  January  26  

26 

+4.6 

498 

16 

.4 

12 

.00 

37 

38 

5.2 

.04 

January  25-February  23 

24 

26 
23 

+5.5 
+6.6 

420 
424 
366 

16 
15 
16 

.0 
.2 

3.8 

11 
12 

O    o 

1.1 

.00 
.00 

35 
33 
32 

34 
36 

5.0 
4.2 
4  4 

.05 
T. 
.00 

February  24-March  23  

March  24-  April  20 

Mean 

5.0 

403 

17 

4.4 

10 

.11 

38 

37 

4.8  |      .02 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  North  Platte  River  near  Guernsey,   Wyo. 


Month. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

987 

1,080 

1  030 

February  

897 

v.i  7 

March 

1,450 

1,190 

d2  720 

1  090 

1  610 

April... 

2,070 

1,880 

2,710 

1,710 

2,540 

4,140 

3,650 

1,960 

2,580 

May 

8,590 

5,560 

4,670 

6,080 

6  740 

6,580 

6  430 

4,690 

C.170 

June  

a  6,  360 

9,150 

6,130 

8,480 

9,320 

10,600 

8,990 

13,300 

10,500 

9,200 

July 

1,770 

1,900 

1,300 

2,630 

2,800 

3  290 

3,510 

7,510 

2,240 

2,990 

August 

483 

706 

400 

635 

715 

1  040 

1  350 

1  850 

1  150 

925 

September  .  . 

*>289 

316 

196 

665 

488 

382 

672 

994 

583 

509 

October 

436 

980 

652 

435 

699 

981 

614 

675 

November  

516 

869 

503 

559 

1,270 

1,100 

670 

784 

December 

663 

882 

c589 

711 

Mean  

2,160 

2,340 

a  June  14-30. 

b  September  1-13. 


December  1-15. 
Approximate. 


OWENS  RIVER  NEAR  ROUND  VALLEY,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Owens  River  at  a  footbridge 
near  Round  Valley,  Cal.,  from  May  13,  1906,  to  April  27,  1007.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Sur- 
vey near  Round  Valley  August  3,  1903.  Stream-flow  data,  including 
gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  gaging 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  report-:" 

Water-Supply  Papers:  100,  pp.  206-207;  134,  pp.  200-203;  177,  pp.  50-52;  213, 
pp.  35-37;  251,  pp.  53-55. 

Additional  information  in  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
Owens  River  near  Round  Valley  is  contained  in  Water-Supply  Paper 
237,  "Quality  of  California  surface  waters,"  pages  118-119. 


See  also  Third  Ann.  Kept.,  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  200. 


OWENS  RIVER. 


77 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Owens  River  at 
footbridge  near  Round  Valley,  Cal. 

[Drainage  area,  400  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 
| 

& 

•o 

1 

•o 

J_ 

340 
368 
336 
456 
645 
747 
763 
673 
686 
606 
526 
514 
390 
374 
338 
314 
291 
303 
287 
268 
248 
253 
251 
237 
218 
242 
238 
266 
259 
263 
235 
224 
257 
263 
270 
296 
274 
285 
270 
297 
278 
488 
326 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

tL 

«<S 

ie 

¥ 

o>  x, 

So 

CO 

2* 
«% 

-1 

«£ 

1 

1    - 
|§ 

I 
|t 

is 
I 

1 

1 

ii 

1 

Is 

c/> 

73 

1 
I 

5 

193 
213 
223 
209 
226 
310 
317 
320 
337 
285 
233 
186 
120 
163 
172 
188 
182 
162 
180 
146 
133 
186 
46 
134 
-     119 
149 
154 
164 
221 
286 
171 
162 
190 
203 
188 
250 
303 
315 
204 
276 
264 
540 
433 

1906-7. 
:    M^-15   17   IS,  19 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
19 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 

•    o 

0 
0 
7 
0 
0 
3 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
5 
5 
0 
9 
14 
14 
5 
0 
0 
0 

112 

102 
137 
83 
76 
88 
88 
80 
82 
46 
85 
101 
106 
91 
98 
120 
88 
112 
124 
129 
128 
125 
54 
138 
120 
135 
150 
160 
170 
223 
157 
162 
162 
164 
173 
176 
241 
241 
152 
205 
200 
172 
253 
129 
126 
119 
122 

19 
15 
25 
20 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
15 
15 
17 
18 
18 
17 
22 
16 
17 
22 
23 
21 
26 
7 
16 
27 
31 
30 
34 
35 
47 
38 
36 
33 
36 
38 
40 
62 
57 
36 
46 
44 
46 
59 
31 
26 
25 
21 

28 
10 
18 
34 
70 
40 
52 
64 
12 
86 
66 
68 
74 
12 
28 
26 
0 
6 
22 
30 
84 
50 
54 
46 
8 
10 
70 
40 
28 
14 
56 
86 
30 
34 
66 
0 
24 
54 
18 
36 
238 
90 
60 
62 
34 
20 
22 

210 
214 
246 
170 
130 
154 
154 
176 
182 
174 
164 
134 
114 
162 
188 
222 
232 
200 
232 
202 
198 
272 
68 
210 
202 
228 
240 
228 
316 
402 
270 
268 
274 
286 
258 
312 
410 
410 
280 
344 
352 
410 
492 
280 
240 
210 
216 

2.5 
3.5 
2.4 
2.8 
3.4 
3.7 
3.7 
3.5 
3.5 
3.3 
3.0 
3.0 
2.6 
2.6 
2.4 
2.4 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.2 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.0 
2.1 
2.1 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.1 
2.0 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.3 
2.2 
2.3 
2.2 
2.3 
2.2 
2.9 
2.4 

26 
10 
16 
42 
122 
81 
107 
116 
22 
141 
94 
94 
78 
12 
26 
22 
0 
5 
17 
22 
56 
34 
37 
29 
5 
7 
45 
29 
20 
10 
36 
52 
21 
24 
48 
0 
18 
42 
13 
29 
179 
119 
53 

May  20,  21,  •_"_'.  •_':•:.  Jl.  _.">.  •_'('. 

M:i\  "7   iftv.  _*J  30,  31,  June  1,  2 

June  3.  1.  .».  7.  \  9  

June  10,  11,  »•_'.  13,  1-1,  l.">,  If. 

lime  l'i   2U  •>!   22  23 

June  24,  25^  2ii,  27,  28,  29,  30 

Julv  I.'.'.  3,  4.  5,  6,  7  
July  30,  ,-U,  August  1,  2,  3,  4  

August  .")  0,  S,  9,  10,  11. 

August  r_V  13,  14,  15,  17,  18  

August  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25 

August  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September  1.  .... 

September  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 

September  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  14 

September  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22..   . 

September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  29 

September  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6.  .  . 

October  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

October  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

October  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

October  28,  29,  30,  31,  November  1,  2,  3  

November  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9.  10 

November  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

November  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  . 

November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

December  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  

Deeemb'er9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14   15 

December  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  

December  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29 

December  30,  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  .   . 

January  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12 

January  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  

January  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26 

January  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  2  

February  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9.  . 

February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  

February  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23. 

February  24,  25,  26,  27,  28.  March  1,  2.  .  . 

March  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16 

March  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  23.  .  . 

March  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30. 

March  31,  April  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6.  .  . 

April  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13... 

April  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

April  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27  

78        SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Owens  River  at  footbridge  near 

Round  Valley,  Cal. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

H 

w  — 

S  o> 

•o  5 

jg! 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Calcium  (Ca). 

Magnesium  (Mg). 

te 

ft 

.28 
"§•2 

Carbonate  (CO3). 

Bicarbonate 
(HC03). 

O 

I 
I 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

Nitrate  (NO3). 

1906-7. 
May  13-June  9             

24 
26 
25 

-1.8 

4-8.3 

198 
154 
152 

186 
228 
208 
256 
348 
314 
380 
392 
222 

11 
17 
14 
10 
7.9 
7.7 
7.8 
6.9 
6.7 
6.3 
6.9 
12 

2.2 
2.9 
2.6. 
3.4 
2.0 
4.0 
2.3 
1.7 
2.1 
1.8 
2.2 
2.3 

18 
17 
22 

"'21 
26 
20 

26 
24 

27 
27 
19 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
2.4 
.00 

63 
62 

9.1 
11 
12 
10 
16 
12 

11 
12 
9.9 
9.1 
11 

0.00 
.01 
.01 

!oi 
.(X) 

.11 

.00 
.01 
T. 

June  10-July  7 

July  30-August  25  

August  26-September  22 

27 

58 
54 

September  23-October  20  

28 
28 
27 
28 

28 
28 
27 

-2.1 

"-  "."?" 

+6.2 

+4.4 
+3.7 

October  21-November  17  
November  25—  December  15 

55 
53 
55 
58 
51 
55 

11 
8.6 

7.6 
7.9 

7.7 
10 

12 
13 
13 
14 

December  16-January  12  
January  13-Februarv  9 

February  10-March  9  
March  10-April  6 

April7,27  

21 

+2.5 

11 

Mean  

3.7 

253 

9.5 

2.5 

22 

.20 

56 

10 

12 

.02 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Owens  River  near  Round  Valley,  Cal. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

157 

193 

199 

247 

227 

205 

February 

221 

196 

205 

281 

223 

225 

March 

260 

213 

270 

341 

279 

273 

April  

202 

177 

345 

270 

242 

247 

Mav 

300 

246 

328 

438 

274 

317 

June  

532 

392 

624 

616 

313 

495 

July 

428 

275 

696 

856 

289 

509 

August  . 

a  169 

336 

169 

535 

432 

264 

317 

September 

167 

281 

180 

330 

305 

222 

247 

October  

172 

266 

180 

273 

285 

192 

228 

November 

163 

246 

197 

239 

252 

184 

214 

December 

161 

218 

179 

256 

245 

182 

207 

The  year  

287 

216 

358 

381 

241 

290 

a  August  4-31. 

OWENS  RIVER  NEAR  TINEMAHA,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Owens  River  at  the  intake 
of  the  proposed  Los  Angeles  aqueduct  near  Tinemaha,  Cal.,  from 
November  6,  1906,  to  April  14,  1907.  A  gaging  station  was  estab- 
lished near  Tinemaha  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  Sep- 
tember 20,  1906,  and  measurements  of  the  stream  at  this  point  were 
made  previous  to  that  date  by  the  city  of  Los  Angeles.  Stream-flow 
data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge, 
for  the  gaging  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  fol- 
lowing reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  213,  pp.  38-39;  251,  pp.  56-58. 

Additional  information  in  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
Owens  River  near  Tinemaha  is  contained  in  Water-Supply  Paper 
237,  "Quality  of  California  surface  waters,"  pages  120-121. 


OWENS   RIVER. 


79 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Owens  River 
at  the  intake  of  the  Los  Angeles  aqueduct,  near  Tinemaha,  Cal. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Gage  height  (feet). 

Discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons 
per  day)r. 

i 

\ 

it 

1 

2 

i. 
!* 

a,? 

|0 

1 
*I 

1 
1 

•P. 

1 

11 

•85 

} 

1 

I 

i 

I" 

3  S  JS 

£41 

r 

— 
1 

s 

u 

£ 

! 

1906-7. 

November  6... 
November  15.. 

November  27.. 
Decembers... 

28 
30 
31 

31 

8 
10 
9 
10 

59 
64 
68 
87 
99 
84 
95 
82 
108 
83 
96 
94 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

163 
152 
151 
186 
235 
205 
235 
194 
238 
201 
210 
221 
224 

44 
38 
43 
52 
43 
41 
57 

27 
31 
35 
40 
51 
44 
51 
41 
62 
46 
51 
51 
52 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
..02 
.00 
.09 
.04 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
Tr. 
Tr. 
Tr. 
.00 
.22 
Tr. 
Tr. 

44 

88 
72 
48 
150 
110 
44 
142 
206 
74 
124 
152 
26 
70 
84 
36 
130 
100 
216 
70 
92 
114 

280 
272 
296 
364 
410 
344 
438 
372 
464 
374 
392 
354 
410 
370 
376 
394 
500 
376 
394 
360 
326 
294 

2.00 
2.05 
2.10 
2.60 
2.70 
2.35 
2.70 
2.50 
3.00 
2.70 
2.70 
3.00 
2.90 
2.40 
2.60 
2.30 
2.65 
2.45 
4.80 
2.90 
2.40 
1,60 

418 
426 
434 
524 
542 
479 
542 
451 
561 
494 
494 
561 
538 
430 
472 
410 
483 
440 
1.020 
538 
430 
286 

50 
102 
84 
68 

142 
64 
173 
312 
99 
165 
230 
38 
81 
107 
40 
170 
119 
595 
102 
107 
88 

316 
313 
347 

515 
600 
445 
641 
453 
702 
499 
523 
536 
595 
430 
480 
436 
652 
447 
1,080 
523 
379 
227 

December  23.. 
December  30.. 
January  6  
January  13  
January  20 

31 
36 
36 
37 

10 
11 
12 
12 

57 
47 
50 
43 

j-imrirv  27 

February  3  
February  10... 
February  17... 
February  24... 

March  3*  

32 
32 
31 
38 
34 
41 
26 
30 
35 
32 
33 

11 
10 
10 
10 
10 

7 
9 

10 

10 

96 
98 
91 
136 
99 
104 
95 
78 
74 

41 

39 
37 
57 
51 
34 
39 
35 
39 

47 
47 
72 
49 
46 

""32" 

219 
269 
217 
224 

"m 

181 

March  10  
March  17  
March  24  
March  31  

April?  
April  14 

Mean  

33 

10 

90 

0 

206 

44 

46 

.02 

100 

371 

2.61 

499 

143 

506 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Owens  River  at  the  intake  of  the 
Los  Angeles  aqueduct,  near  Tinemaha,  Cal. 


li 

—S 

Ra 

dicles  in 

per  cenl 

of  disso 

Ived  soli 

is. 

Dates. 

H 

Dissolved  solids 
(milligrams  per 

Calcium  (Ca). 

a 

3 

05<-A 

SS 

W)^ 
oS 

* 

Sodium  and 
potassium 
(Na+JK). 

Carbonate 
(C08). 

Bicarbonate 
(HCOs). 

Sulphate  (SO<). 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

Nitrate  (NO3). 

1906-7. 
November  6  

+3.1 

280 

10 

2  9 

21 

0  00 

58 

16 

9  G 

0  00 

November  15 

+9.8 

272 

11 

3  5 

24 

00 

56 

14 

11 

00 

November  27  

+9.3 

296 

10 

3  0 

23 

"00 

51 

15 

12 

00 

Decembers.. 

+7.5 

364 

8  5 

2  6 

24 

00 

51 

14 

11 

oo 

December  16 

410 

24 

00 

57 

10 

12 

oo 

December  23  

+4.8 

344 

9  o 

2  8 

24 

oo 

60 

12 

13 

01 

December  30 

+2  6 

438 

8  2 

2  5 

22 

00 

54 

13 

12 

00 

January  6  

372 

9  7 

3  2 

22 

00 

52 

11 

02 

Januarv  13.  .. 

+4  9 

464 

8  0 

2  6 

23 

00 

51 

12 

13 

01 

January  20 

374 

22 

00 

54 

13 

12 

00 

Januarv  27  

392 

24 

00 

54 

13 

13 

00 

February  3 

+4  9 

354 

9  0 

3  1 

27 

00 

62 

12 

14 

00 

February  10  

410 

7  8 

2  4 

00 

55 

13 

00 

February  17  

370 

8  4 

2  7 

26 

00 

11 

00 

February  24 

376 

10 

2  6 

26 

00 

10 

12 

00 

March  3  

•  +6.5 

394 

8  6 

2  5 

23 

00 

56 

9  4 

12 

Tr 

March  10... 

500 

8  2 

27 

00 

54 

11 

14 

Tr 

March  17 

+2  3 

376 

6  9 

2  2 

26 

00 

58 

14 

13 

Tr 

March  24... 

+7.3 

394 

7  6 

1  7 

26 

00 

57 

8  6 

12 

00 

March  31  

360 

9.7 

2  6 

26 

00 

H 

01 

April  7 

326 

9  8 

2  9 

24 

00 

57 

11 

Tr 

April  14 

+9  8 

294 

11 

3  4 

25 

no 

fi2 

1«» 

Tr 

Mean 

6  1 

371 

9  0 

2  7 

24 

00 

56 

12 

12 

Tr 

80        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  sanitary  analyses  of  water  from  Owens  River  at  the  intake  of  the  Los  Angeles  aque- 
duct, near  Tinemaha,  Cal. 

[Milligrams  per  liter.] 


Nitroge 

a  as  — 

Dates. 

Free 
ammo- 
nia. 

Albumi- 
noid 
ammo- 
nia. 

Nitrites. 

Nitrates. 

Oxygen 
con- 
sumed. 

Dis- 
solved 
solids. 

1906-7. 
November  27 

0  062 

0  114 

0  000 

0.000 

1  80 

310 

January  21  

.024 

.134 

.002 

.005 

3.64 

408 

February  20 

.140 

.270 

Trace. 

Trace. 

2.20 

396 

March  20  

.131 

.200 

Trace. 

Trace. 

4.88 

416 

Mean 

089 

180 

Trace 

Trace 

3  13 

382 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of 'Owens  River  at  the  intake  of  the  Los  Angeles  aque- 
duct, near  Tinemaha,  Cal. 


Month. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January                                         .  .             .                                     

436 

500 

539 

492 

February 

358 

493 

584 

478 

March 

438 

646 

485 

523 

April 

388 

315 

145 

283 

May 

200 

264 

58 

174 

June 

729 

660 

57 

482 

July         

2,230 

1,280 

188 

1,230 

August                                                        -   -                                           -  -  - 

1  210 

698 

274 

727 

448 

310 

173 

310 

October                                            .             

339 

460 

298 

366 

423 

538 

397 

453 

December                                  

510 

527 

409 

482 

The  year                  .  .  .         

642 

558 

300 

500 

PALOUSE  RIVER  NEAR  HOOPER,  WASH. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Palouse  River  near  Hooper, 
Wash.,  from  May  22  to  October  8,  1905.  A  gaging  station  was 
established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  near  Hooper 
April  1,  1897.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating 
tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  gaging  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Annual  Reports:  19,  IV,  p.  460;  20,  IV,  pp.  62,  489-490;  21,  IV,  pp.  414-415; 

22,  IV,  p.  452. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  16,  p.  172;  28,  pp.  155,  162,  168,  170;  38,  pp.  360-361; 

39,  p.  454;  51,  pp.  443-144;  52,  p.  522;  66,  pp.  136-137,  177;  75,  p.  206;  85, 

pp.  203-205;  100,  pp.  413-115;  135,  pp.  243-247;  178,  pp.  171-173;  214, 

pp.  119-121;  252,  pp.  281-283. 


PALOUSE  BIVEB. 


81 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Palouse  River 

near  Hooper,  Wash. 

[Drainage  area,  2,210  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

44 
1 

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p 

a1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

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1905. 
May  22  23  24,25,26 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
18 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 

81 
66 
86 
72 
83 
97 
95 
112 
133 
126 
106 
142 
148 
145 

169 
154 

136 
159 
160 
329 

8 
5 
14 
15 
6 
18 
8 
9 
23 
13 
9 
9 
13 
6 

5 
11 

13 
10 
11 

18 

90 
82 
34 
34 
46 
68 
100 
52 
4 
14 
20 
0 
64 
40 

12 
30 

40 
38 
20 
32 

146 
108 
164 
134 
126 
148 
134 
218 
166 
182 
164 
188 
162 
158 

202 
148 

162 
166 
202 
632 

2.5 
2.9 
2.9 
2.4 
1.8 
1.8 
1.7 
1.3 
1.2 
1.0 
0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.7 

0.7 
0.6 

0.6 
0.7 
0.7 
1.3 

300 
386 
419 
279 
154 
156 
135 
76 
57 
42 
32 
30 
27 
24 

23 
20 

21 
24 
26- 
73 

73 
85 
38 
26 
19 
29 
36 
11 
1 
2 
2 
0 
5 
3 

1 
2 

2 
2 
1 
6 

118 
113 
185 
101 
52 
62 
49 
45 
26 
21 
14 
15 
12 
10 

13 
8 

9 
11 
14 
125 

May  28,  29,  30,  June  1,2. 

June  5  6,7,8,9 

June  1  1.  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17.  .  . 
June  18,  19,20,21,22,23,24.. 
June  25,  26,  28,  29,  30,  July  1  ... 
July  •'  3,4,5,6 

July  7,8,9,10,  12,  13,  14,  15  .... 
July  16,17,18,20,21,22  . 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  .  .  .  . 
July  30,31,  August  1,2,3,4,5. 
August  6  7,  8,  9 

August  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  
August  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26.... 
August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Sep- 
tember 1,2 

September  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14, 
15,10  

September  17,  18,  19,  20,  22,  23. 
September  24,  25,  2(5,  28,  29,  30  . 
October  4,  5,  6,  7,  8.  . 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Palouse  River  near  Hooper,  Wash. 


>> 
1. 

|1 
11 

Rad 

cles  in  p 

er  cenl 

,  of  dis 

solved 

solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of 
samples 

W 

||| 

IBS, 

Q 

s 

3    . 

5§ 

C3 

O 

Magnesium 
(Mg). 

Sodium  and 
potassium 
(Na+fK). 

Carbonate 
(COi). 

Bicarbonate 
(HCO,). 

• 

oSx. 

II 

D 
02 

Chlorine 
(Cl). 

Nitrate 
(NOj) 

1905. 
Mav  22-June  17. 

22 

116 

12 

5  3 

17 

0  00 

64 

5  4 

0  11 

June  18-July  15 

26 

+4.9 

136 

19 

5  6 

8  8 

oo 

71 

15 

5  7 

13 

August  14-September  9  
September  10-October  8  

26 
24 

+i."4" 

183 
243 

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6.0 
5.8 

15 
19 

.00 
.00 

84 

78 

11 
23 

4.6 
6.2 

.10 

.18 

Mean. 

3.2 

170 

15 

5  7 

15 

00 

74 

16 

5  5 

13 

81210°— WSP  274—11- 


82       SOME    STREAM    WATERS    OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Palouse  River  near  Hooper,  Wash. 


Month. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

1,040 

1,130 

1,080 

216 

409 

181 

319 

1,240 

702 

February  

3,190 

1,360 

1,530 

1,090 

873 

225 

878 

4,820 

1,750 

March 

2,140 

1,370 

2  100 

716 

4  300 

348 

964 

3  550 

1  940 

April 

2  410 

1  890 

568 

861 

370 

3  350 

380 

943 

a  2  570 

1  480 

May 

733 

827 

392 

248 

515 

678 

294 

253 

492 

June 

305 

176 

142 

176 

150 

258 

258 

279 

a  172 

212 

July 

100 

51 

34 

73 

178 

79 

74 

75 

56 

80 

August 

33 

24 

21 

9 

75 

24 

27 

27 

26 

30 

September.. 

a  64 

30 

27 

20 

7 

62 

17 

22 

30 

25 

30 

October 

57 

46 

49 

93 

8 

67 

28 

82 

34 

53 

52 

November  

357 

83 

110 

89 

23 

118 

40 

77 

235 

67 

120 

December  

1,420 

99 

718 

811 

74 

452 

63 

126 

1,470 

82 

532 

The  year 

850 

644 

515 

334 

844 

175 

459 

618 

a  Approximate. 
PAYETTE  RIVER  NEAR  HORSESHOE  BEND,  IDAHO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Payette  River  at  Jerusalem, 
near  Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho,  from  May  15  to  September  15,  1906. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  at  Jerusalem  February  13,  1906.  Stream-flow  data, including 
gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  gaging 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  214,  pp.  97-98;  252,  pp.  253-256. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Payette  River 
at  Jerusalem,  near  Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho. 

[Drainage  area,  2,240  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

+j 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

if 
|I 

0     • 

«o" 

Is 

*.s 

CS  0 

o;g 

5  2 

o> 
1 

S§ 

I 

O 

L 

1! 

5 
|g 

«L 

*o  o3 

I 

i 

co 

TJ 

1 
1 

§ 

1906. 
May  15 

0 

0 
0 

o 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

13 
26 
19 
26 
26 
26 
26 
38 
26 
29 
35 
42 
43 
29 
56 
62 
51 

48 
53 
48 

4 
6 
6 
6 
8 
8 
10 
6 
6 
10 
5 
5 
5 
10 
5 
8 
9 

9 

7 

7 

40 
20 
4 
40 
32 
24 
12 
140 
8 
52 
0 
0 
0 
0 
62 
0 
20 

0 
24 

8 

76 
72 
84 
60 
72 
64 
76 
76 
76 
52 
64 
86 
112 
116 
74 
100 
46 

64 
46 

46 

8.1 
7.6 
7.2 
7.5 
7.6 
6.5 
7.0 
6.9 
6.8 
6.2 
5.7 
5.1 
4.6 
4.3 
4.2 
4.1 
40 

4.0 
3.8 
3.8 

9,550 
8,150 
7,070 
7,880 
8,150 
5,260 
6,540 
6,280 
6,020 
4,550 
3,530 
2,420 
1,670 
1,330 
1,230 
1,130 
1,030 

1,030 
850 
850 

1,030 
440 
76 
852 
704 
341 
212 
2,370 
130 
640 
0 
0 
0 
0 
206 
0 
56 

0 
55 
18 

,960 
,590 
,600 
,280 
,580 
908 
,340 
,290 
,240 
640 
010 
562 
505 
417 
246 
305 
128 

178 
106 
106 

May  17 

May  18  

June  16 

June  17  

June  27.. 

June  28 

June  29 

June  30  

July  2,  4,  5,  6,  7 

July8,  10,  11,12,  13,14  
July  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,20  
July  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28. 
July  29,  30,  August  1,  2,  3,  4. 
August  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,11... 
August  15,  16,  17,  18  

August  19,  20,  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25 
August  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  Sep- 
tember 1 

September  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8.  . 
September  9,  10,  11,  12,  13... 

PECOS   EIVER. 


83 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Payette  River  at  Jerusalem,  near 

Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho. 


i 

Ij 

Radicl 

es  in  p 

ercenl 

,  of  dis 

solved 

solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

& 

ZJi 

0  ft 

I 

fc 

K 

•3s 
l| 

|| 

Calcium  (Ca). 

i 

Sodium  and  potas- 
sium (Na+JK). 

Carbonate  (CO3). 

Bicarbonate 
(HC03). 

Sulphate  (SO<). 

G 

Nitrate  (NO8). 

1906. 
July  2-28  

24 

+  9.1 

76 

16 

3.3 

16 

0.00 

55 

7  6 

13 

0  00 

July  l)9-August  25 

24 

88 

18 

6.6 

00 

52 

12 

11 

01 

August  20-September  13  

18 

+  9.4 

96 

15 

4.9 

17 

.00 

54 

21 

10 

oo 

Mean  

9.2 

87 

16 

4.9 

16 

.00 

54 

14 

11 

T 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Payette  River  near  Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho. 


Month. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January.. 

1  150 

1  150 

February 

°1  090 

63  oiO 

1  050 

1  720 

March.... 

1  930 

5  550 

2'  230 

3  240 

April 

4  960 

9  790 

6  200 

6  980 

May 

7  260 

13  400 

7  040 

9  230 

June  

6,560 

13  100 

7  560 

9  070 

July 

2  900 

7  ggo 

4  480 

5  120 

August  

1.120 

2  720 

1  430 

760 

September 

894 

1  420 

1  250 

190 

October  

859 

1  180 

1  530 

190 

November 

2  130 

1  130 

1  420 

560 

December  

1  190 

1  100 

140 

The  year. 

3  040 

3  610 

February  13-28. 


b  February  17-28. 


PECOS  RIVER  AT  CARLSBAD,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Pecos  River  at  Green  Street, 
Carlsbad,  N.  Mex.,  from  May  22,  1905,  to  April  30,  1907.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  at  Carlsbad  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  May  20,  1903,  and  discontinued  March  31,  1908.  Stream-flow 
data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge, 
for  the  gaging  station  have,  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the 
following  reports : a 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  358-360;  132,  pp.  103-104;  174,  pp.  102-105; 
210,  pp.  90-91;  248,  pp.  125-126. 

Further  information  relative  to  the  quality  of  water  of  Pecos 
River  at  Carlsbad  is  contained  in  a  paper  entitled  "Principles  of 
water  analysis,"  by  Arthur  Goss,  in  Bulletin  34,  New  Mexico  Agricul- 
tural Experiment  Station. 


See  also  Fourth  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  pp.  271-272. 


84       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Pecos  River 
at  Green  Street,  Carlsbad,  N.  Hex. 

[Drainage  area,  22,000  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

1 

&c 

fl 

su 

1s 

T3 

3 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

4 
2 

1* 

s° 
go 

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s 

§ 

1 

i 

1 
§   . 

11 

02 

2 

CO 

it 

§ 

73 

£ 

2 
1 

1 

1 
p 

1905-1907. 
May  22  23  24  25  26  27 

11 

10 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 
10 

0 
0 

1 

8 
0 
7 
12 
0 

8 
12 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
19 
0 
0 
0 

133 
115 
123 
143 
163 
167 
154 
112 
130 
159 
151 
131 

159 
105 
139 
161 
151 
153 
156 
180 

169 
155 
179 

158 
171 

188 
205 
211 
199 
191 
168 
185 
205 
197 
192 
185 
179 
179 
179 
169 

127 

189 
302 
329 
506 
503 
675 
179 
291 
382 
348 
435 

623 
512 
339 
418 
523 
475 
¥>A 
424 

425 
697 
557 

412 
313 
366 
510 
582 
542 
557 
459 
470 
470 
614 
570 
557 
484 
367 
375 
407 
367 
387 
459 
658 
382 
381 
397 
333 
347 
436 
431 
426 
406 
351 
233 
391 
461 
451 
409 

532 
150 

1,240 
1,610 

3.6 
3.3 
3.3 

2,390 
2,070 
2,040 

3,430 
840 

8,020 
9,020 

May  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1 

June  10  11   12  13  14  15  16  17 

June  18,  19,  21,  22,  23.    .  .    . 

100 
210 
372 
100 
1,140 
276 
102 
136 
176 

98 
508 
1,040 
162 
226 
304 
204 
120 

12 
168 
98 

1,480 
834 
782 
678 
540 
914 
552 
358 
294 
312 
448 
384 
300 
170 
32 
42 
80 
0 
0 
354 
0 
496 
370 
0 
158 
184 
164 
204 
60 
94 
134 
70 
198 
176 
86 
328 

2,110 
3,160 
2,920 
3,570 
1,320 
1,740 
2,420 
2,110 
2,570 

3,350 
2,800 
2,400 
2,790 
3,060 
2,830 
2,770 
2,790 

2,820 
3,340 
3,040 

2,580 
2,100 
2,130 
2,800 
2,880 
2,760 
2,810 
2,690 
2,650 
2,620 
2,950 
3,010 
2,880 
2,640 
2,710 
2,710 
2,740 
2,800 
2,980 
2,960 
3,810 
2,290 
-2,580 
3,020 
2,400 
2,400 
2,710 
2,960 
2,790 
2,830 
2,250 
1,760 
2,640 
3,170 
2,870 
2,500 

2.1 
1.2 
1.2 
1.2 

8.7 
4.0 
2.5 
2.0 
1.5 

1.2 
2.1 
1.6 
1.1 
1.4 
1.1 
1.1 
1.2 

1.2 
1.8 

1.7 

2.6 
2.1 
1.9 
1.6 
1.6 
1.6 
1-.6 
1.6 
1.6 
1.5 
1.6 
1.6 
1.4 
1.2 
1.0 
1.1 
1.1 
1.2 
1.2 
1.5 
2.5 
1.9 
1.2 
1.2 
2.2 
1.4 
1.7 
1.2 
1.3 
1.2 
2.0 
3.2 
1.5 
1.2 
1.2 
2.0 

978 
305 
297 
324 
21,000 
2,960 
1,280 
896 
477 

320 
938 
635 
244 
408 
255 
270 
281 

287 
697 
644 

1,360 
941 
751 
579 
565 
537 
541 
493. 
492 
473 
514 
493 
393 
266 
183 
221 
239 
268 
252 
476 
1,300 
809 
270 
295 
1,020 
433 
644 
297 
310 
301 
861 
2,100 
477 
268 
287 
841 

2,640 
173 
298 
87 
64,800 
2,210 
353 
329 
227 

85 
1,290 
1,  790 
107 
249 
209 
149 
91 

9 
316 
170 

5,430 
2,120 
1,590 
1,060 
824 
1,330 
806 
477 
390 
398 
623 
512 
318 
122 
16 
25 
52 
0 
0 
455 
0 
1,080 
270 
0 
435 
215 
285 
164 
50 
76 
312 
3% 
255 
128 
67 
745 

5,590 
2,600 
2,  350 
3,120 
75,000 
13,900 
8,380 
5,100 
3,310 

2,900 
7,090 
4,100 
1,840 
3,380 
1,950 
2,020 
2,120 

2,190 
6,280 
5,300 

9,450 
-5,350 
4,340 
4,380 
4,400 
4,000 
4,110 
3,580 
3,520 
3,340 
4,090 
4,010 
3,060 
1,900 
1,340 
1,620 
1,770 
2,020 
2,030 
3,800 
13,400 
5,020 
1,880 
2,410 
6,600 
2,810 
4,710 
2,370 
2,340 
2,300 
5,230 
9,960 
3,400 
2,290 
2,220 
5,680 

June  29,  30,  July  1  

July  2,  3,  5,  14,  15                      .... 

July  16  18  19  20,  21,  22 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

Julv  31    August  1  2,  3,  4,  5 

August  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  
August  14  15,  16,  17,  18.  19 

August  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  

August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September 
1,  2  

September  3,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

September  10,  11,  12,  14,  15,  19,  20.  .  . 
September  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  2o,  27.  .  .  . 
September  28,  29,  30,  October  J,  2,  3,  4. 
October  6,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14    . 

October  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  

October  23,  24,  25,  27,  28  

October  26,  29,  30,  31,  November  10, 
11 

November  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  
November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25.  ... 
November  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  December 
1,2..                           

December  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

December  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15.  ... 
December  20,  22,  23,  25,  26,  29,  30  
December  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  6  
January  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

January  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28     .   . 

January  29,  30,  31,  February  2,  3  
February  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10.  .  . 

February  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

February  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  
February  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1,  2,  3. 
March  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

March  10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17 

March  18,  19,  21,  22,  23,  24  

March  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  

April  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

April  11,  12,  13,  14  

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
21 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

153 
128 
137 
109 
156 
137 
221 
125 
99 
99 
153 
10 
134 
77 
118 
85 
121 
137 

April  15  16  17   19,  20,  21 

April  22,  23,  24,  25,  26.  .  . 

April  29  30  May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5 

May  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

May  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

May  20  21  22  23  24  25  26 

May  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1.  .  . 

June  10  11    12  13  14  15,  16 

June  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

June  25  26  27,  28,  *»,  30 

July  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  

July  8,  10,  12,  14 

July  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  

July  22,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  

July  29,  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4  

August  12,  13,  14,  15,  16... 

PECOS   RIVER.    . 


85 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Pecos  River 
at  Green  Street,  Carlsbad,  N.  Mex. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

i 

f 
I 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

•i 

ji 
i 

jg 

sP 

|I 

« 

^ 

B 

02  S 
"flS 

CQ 

1 

!§ 

i 
i 

j 

1 

1905-1907. 
August  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

0 

0 
12 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 

10 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
5 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
14 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0 

169 

115 
146 
149 
160 
163 
160 
157 
139 
157 

154 
147 
152 
161 

39 
161 
169 
168 
163 
162 
182 
167 
161 

169 
141 
148 
155 
153 
148 
143 
153 
136 
148 
177 
148 
179 

415 

437 

365 
368 
375 
369 
373 
355 
373 
353 

359 
340 
352 
396 

594 
902 
502 
450 
459 
475 
570 
553 
514 

541 

480 
503 
501 
558 
531 
516 
520 
490 

"452" 
338 
368 

100 

136 
140 
78 
88 
104 
212 
34 
44 
150 

406 
220 
4 
16 

192 
138 
176 
164 
28 
26 
50 
90 
88 

530 

200 
54 
232 
60 
22 
80 
20 
2 
28 
280 
58 
68 

2,670 

2,520 
2,790 
2,800 
2,770 
2,770 
2,880 
2,830 
2,940 
2,710 

2,700 
2,730 
2,850 
2,880 

3,020 
3,660 
2,680 
2.670 
2,880 
2,920 
2,950 
2,890 
2,860 

2,410 
2,780 
2,650 
3,030 
3,000 
3,070 
3,050 
3,060 
2,870 
2,860 
2,640 
2,110 
2,180 

1.1 

1.7 
1.0 
1.0 
1.0 
1.1 
1. 
1. 
1. 
1. 

1. 
1. 
1. 

1.2 

2.8 
2.8 
2.2 
.3 
.1 
.1 
2.1 
.6 
.5 

.7 
.2 
.6 
.2 
.6 
.3 
.2 
.2 
.0 
.0 
0.9 
0.7 
0.7 

254 

673 
205 
203 
202 
212 
222 
215 
225 
229 

230 
233 
242 
284 

711 
1,580 
1,020 
341 
222 
242 
954 
594 
510 

631 
275 
590 
275 
535 
350 
275 
255 
180 
180 
150 
104 
100 

69 

.247 
78 
43 
47 
60 
127 
20 
27 
93 

252 
139 
3 
12 

369 
588 
485 
151 
17 
17 
129 
144 
121 

903 
149 
86 
172 
87 
21 
60 
14 
1 
14 
113 
16 
18 

1,830 

4,590 
1,540 
1,540 
1,560 
1,590 
1,730 
1,640 
1,790 
1,670 

1,680 
1,720 
1,860 
2,200 

5,810 
15,600 
7,  3(iO 
2.  4(iO 
1,730 
1,910 
7,600 
4,630 
3,950 

4,110 
2,070 
4,230 
2,250 
4,330 
2,900 
2,260 
2,110 
1,400 
1,390 
1,070 
594 
588 

August  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Sep- 
tember  1  

September  2  3,  4,  5,  7,  8  .. 

September  10,  11,  13,  14  

September  Hi,  17,  18,  19,  20,  22  .  . 

September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29.  ... 
September  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4 

October  7  8  9  11   12  13 

October  14,  15,  17,  18,  19,  20.. 

October  22  23  24  25,  2(i,  27 

October  28,  29,  30,  31,  November  1, 
2  3 

November  4,  5,  6  .  

November  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  
November  18,  19,  20,  22,  23,  24  

November  25,  26,  27,  28,  30,  Decem- 
ber 1  ;.... 

December  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

Deccinljer  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

December  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.. 
l>eccmi>Q,r  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  
December  30,  31,  January  1,2,3,4,5.  . 
Januarv  6  7  8  9  10  11   12 

Januarv  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18.. 

January  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26.  .  . 
Januarv  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  February 
1,2  

Februarv  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  

Februarv  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  
February-  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1,  2. 
March  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9.  . 

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  
March  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

March  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

March  30,  31,  April  1,  2,  3,  6 

April  7,  8  9,  10  11,  12,  14 

April  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  

April  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30..  . 

86       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Pecos  River  at  Green  Street, 

Carlsbad,  N.  Hex. 


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1905-1907. 

May  22-June  23 

24 

1  740 

3  0 

10 

0  00 

7.8 

44 

15 

0  007 

June  29-July  29  

21 

2,850 

14 

4.3 

o!3 

.00 

5.4 

20 

.000 

July  31-August  25 

23 

+3.4 

2  160 

18 

3.1 

10 

00 

6.6 

45 

16 

006 

August  27-September  27  

27 

2,810 

3.4 

11 

.00 

5.6 

42 

17 

.001 

September  28-October  28 

26 

2  970 

3.5 

11 

.00 

5.7 

43 

16 

.001 

October  26-December  2  

25 

2,850 

14 

9.2 

.00 

6.1 

43 

18 

.001 

December  3—  January  6 

26 

—2.7 

2  460 

13 

4.1 

11 

.00 

8.1 

44 

19 

.000 

January  7-February  3  

26 

-0.3 

2,690 

13 

3.5 

13 

.00 

6.8 

40 

19 

.000 

February  4-March  3 

28 

+  1.4 

2  920 

12 

3.4 

13 

.00 

6.3 

38 

19 

.000 

March  3-29 

27 

+1  5 

'  3  030 

15 

3  5 

10 

16 

4  9 

43 

16 

March  5-31.   . 

24 

2  770 

3.5 

9.6 

.00 

6.4 

43 

14 

.000 

April  1  26 

21 

2  880 

3  5 

9  5 

00 

3  9 

46 

16 

000 

April  29-May  26 

28 

—  1.0 

2,580 

14 

3.2 

9.8 

.00 

4.9 

44 

15 

.000 

May  27-  June  30 

26 

+  1  2 

2  610 

15 

3  4 

10 

00 

3.2 

46 

16 

000 

July  1-28.. 

24 

—3.5 

2,310 

15 

3.3 

8.3 

.00 

4.2 

47 

15 

.000 

July  29-  August  23  

23 

+  .6 

2,  620 

16 

3.6 

11 

.00 

5.0 

48 

17 

.000 

August  25-September  22  

23 

+2.1 

2,740 

15 

3.7 

10 

.00 

5.7 

45 

15 

.001 

September  23-October  20  

24 

-1.8 

2,970 

13 

3.3 

8.8 

.00 

5.3 

43 

14 

Trace 

October  22-November  17 

23 

2,770 

3.5 

10 

.00 

5.7 

45 

15 

.000 

November  18-December  14  

25 

3,090 

13 

3.4 

.00 

5.2 

41 

20 

.004 

December  15-  January  12    

29 

+2.9 

2,900 

15 

3.5 

12 

.00 

5.6 

44 

17 

.004 

January  13-February  9  

28 

+  .5 

2,960 

14 

3.7 

11 

.00 

5.2 

43 

17 

.000 

February  10-March  2.  . 

21 

+  .7 

3,030 

15 

3.5 

11 

.00 

5.2 

43 

18 

.000 

March  30-April  30 

29 

+  1.9 

2  490 

15 

3.7 

10 

00 

7  5 

43 

16 

Mean 

1.7 

2  720 

14 

3.5 

11 

.01 

5.7 

44 

17 

.001 

o  Sodium  is  85  per  cent  and  potassium  is  20  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Pecos  River  at  Carlsbad,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1899.« 

1900.o 

1901.« 

1902.o 

1903.a 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

Mean. 

January  

220 

256 

156 

211 

282 

99 

392 

528 

268 

February 

301 

164 

197 

140 

280 

94 

838 

482 

312 

March  

140 

130 

121 

194 

137 

85 

1  270 

240 

290 

April 

179 

171 

238 

165 

79 

88 

1  080 

580 

322 

May  

240 

577 

258 

387 

162 

84 

1  570 

552 

479 

June 

207 

447 

293 

350 

1  330 

b  1  960 

91 

1  260 

511 

717 

July.,  

356 

242 

629 

312 

184 

164 

96 

5,240 

884 

901 

August 

355 

398 

55 

707 

203 

93 

132 

1  160 

499 

400 

September 

236 

1  130 

182 

528 

71 

83 

152 

486 

207 

342 

October 

78 

418 

76 

237 

99 

82 

*>4  270 

308 

217 

643 

November-.  

39 

248 

88 

1,410 

52 

82 

695 

739 

327 

409 

243 

90 

162 

248 

24 

80 

6521 

742 

744 

317 

Mean     . 

216 

356 

205 

407 

242 

534 

1  260 

481 

450 

a  Taken  from  Fourth  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  271.    The  figures  represent  the  flow 
through  the  headgates  and  over  the  spillway  at  Avalon  dam,  but  are  approximately  correct  for  Carlsbad. 
b  Approximate. 

PECOS  RIVER  NEAR  DAYTON,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Pecos  River  below  Penasco 
River  near  Dayton,  N.  Me,x.,  from  July  20,  1905,  to  April  20,  1907. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  near  Dayton  March  24,  1905.  Stream-flow  data,  including 
gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  gaging 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 
Water-Supply  Papers:  174,  pp.  99-101;  210,  pp.  83-85;  248,  pp.  119-122. 


PECOS   RIVER. 


87 


Partial 


,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Pecos  River 
below  Penasco  River,  near  Dayton,  N.  Mex. 
[Drainage  area,  20,000  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

ft 
3? 

05 

ifl 

I 

i 

i* 

p 

•a 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

J 
.Si 

1. 

£6 
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| 

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1" 

pq 

1 
1 

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0 

1 

•8? 

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02 

it 

1 

5 

1 

1 
ra 

rf 
2 
1 

T3 
? 

1 

Q 

1905-1907. 
July  20,  24,  25,  27,  28,  29 

2 
0 
0 
4 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
20 
0 
23 
13 
0 
0 
10 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

11 

0 
9 
0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
9 
8 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 
9 
5 
0 
9 
5 
9 
0 
9 
5 
14 

112 
140 
131 
141 
161 
163 

177 
188 

152 
135 
171 
224 
175 
172 
205 
131 
175 
164 
144 
38 
105 
134 
32 
128 
126 
112 
96 
124 
105 
42 
62 
37 
168 
140 
114 
150 
122 
139 
124 
144 
157 
142 
189 
166 
162 
173 
208 
177 
169 
175 
194 
207 
208 
181 
191 
186 
194 
179 
191 
176 
153 
572 
153 
157 
143 
138 
131 

114 
352 
397 
642 

758 
717 

784 
648 

324 
225 
607 
668 
640 
546 
677 
639 
831 
1,050 
566 
401 
329 
339 
266 
241 
287 
406 
327 
386 
257 
282 
485 
421 
302 
623 
641 
966 
858 
772 
591 
617 
644 
571 
562 
584 
626 
542 
704 
1,090 
971 
492 
533 
586 
622 
626 
660 
552 
562 
565 
570 
752 
872 
985 
949 
1,110 
748 
794 
964 

11,400 
1,740 
4,120 
2,210 
442 
522 

214 
1,200 

6,890 
1,460 
658 
696 
984 
624 
804 
512 
314 
156 
1,710 
2,510 
1,690 
2,110 
2,770 
2,260 
1,580 
3,760 
1,150 
4,  960 
9,460 
3,660 
1.180 
5,600 
8,150 
810 
3,220 
414 
242 
790 
702 
648 
620 
720 
606 
280 
838 
642 
908 
2,110 
2,940 
2,  380 
1,310 
1,790 
904 
858 
886 
944 
776 
720 
1,240 
290 
322 
44 
126 
420 
1,200 
172 
532 

748 
2,040 
2,440 
3.380 
3,700 
3,  560 

4,030 
3,150 

2,240 
1,490 
2,940 
3,350 
3,070 
2,760 
3,  260 
3,180 
3,890 
5,120 
3,  430 
2,530 
2,340 
2,200 
1,720 
1,720 
1,810 
2,  250 
1,940 
2,  350 
2,020 
1,810 
2,630 
2,  360 
2.020 
3,100 
3,260 
4,270 
4,650 
4,470 
3,390 
3,610 
3,720 
3,380 
3,200 
3.430 
3,210 
2,740 
3,050 
4,240 
3,910 
2,750 
2,560 
2,890 
3,080 
3,060 
3,150 
2,850 
2.960 
2.860 
2,900 
3,660 
3.960 
4.720 
4.570 
4.890 
3.710 
4,170 
4,470 

7.0 
3.8 
2.3 
2.2 

1.6 
1.7 

1.6 
2.5 

3.8 
2.9 
2.7 
2.6 
3.2 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.0 
1.8 
3.5 
3.4 
3.4 
3.1 
3.7 
3.8 
3.5 
3.4 
2.9 
3.7 
3.8 
2.9 
2.4 
3.1 
3.2 
2.2 
2.6 
1.8 
1.7 
2.1 
2.2 
2.3 
2.4 
2.6 
2.5 
2.6 
3.0 
2.9 
3.4 
3.8 
4.0 
4.0 
3.5 
3.1 
3.2 
3.3 
3.4- 
3.5 
3.3 
3.1 
3.3 
2.7 
2.4 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.8 
2.4 
2.3 

14,900 
980 
543 
553 
226 
214 

187 
443 

1,250 
678 
646 
377 
625 
401 
360 
348 
177 
148 
680 
560 
589 
463 
723 
864 
517 
492 
282 
705 
943 
321 
181 
350 
421 
147 
209 
92 
87 
134 
137 
155 
175 
219 
192 
206 
220 
295 
454 
656 
807 
742 
511 
367 
385 
450 
475 
542 
419 
381 
476 
226 
155 
118 
123 
122 
246 
155 
135 

457,000 
4,600 
6,050 
3,300 
269 
302 

107 
1,430 

23,300 
2,670 
1,150 
709 
1,660 
675 
781 
482 
150 
62 
3,130 
3,800 
2,690 
2,640 
5,400 
5,260 
.2,200 
5,000 
873 
9,450 
24,  100 
3.170 
576 
5,300 
9,260 
321 
1,820 
103 
57 
286 
260 
271 
293 
426 
312 
156 
498 
511 
1,110 
3,740 
6,400 
,760 
,800 
,770 
940 
,040 
,140 
1,380 
878 
741 
1,600 
177 
135 
14 
42 
138 
800 
72 
194 

30,100 
5,400 
3,580 
5,050 
2,260 
2,050 

2,040 
3,770 

7,610 
2,730 
5,140 
3,410 
5,180 
2,990 
3,  170 
3,000 
1,860 
2,050 
6,300 
3,820 
3,740 
2,750 
3,350 
4,010 
2,530 
2,990 
1,480 
4,480 
5,130 
1,570 
1,290 
2,240 
2,300 
1,230 
1,840 
1,060 
.    1,090 
1,620 
1,250 
1,510 
1,760 
2,000 
1,660 
1,910 
1,850 
2,190 
3,740 
7,500 
8,530 
5,510 
3,540 
2,870 
3,200 
3,720 
4,030 
4,170 
3,340 
2,950 
3,730 
2.240 
1.6(50 
1,510 
1,520 
1,610 
2,470 
1,750 
1,630 

J  ul  v  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  
September  6,  8,  9,  13,  15,  16 

September  7,  17,  18,  20,  21,  23,  24  
September  26,29,30,  October  1,2,3,5,6. 
October  12,  13,  14,  15,  19,  20  
October  22,  23,  25,  29,  30,  31,  Novem- 
ber 2,  3  

November  6,  7,  9,  10,  14,  20,  23  
November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  De- 
cember 3 

December  4,6,  10,  13,  15  

December  17,  19,  24,  26,  27,  28,  30 

January  1,  2,  3,  5,  6  

January  13,  14,  15,  16  

January  23,  24,  25,  26,  27  

February  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16 

February  17,18,  19,20,21,22  

February  25,  March  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,19. 
March  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  
April  17,  18,  19,  20  

April  26  27                

April  29,  30,  May  1,2  

May  6,  7,  8  9  10,  11,  12 

May  17,  18,20  

May  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

May  28  ,  29,  30  

June  3,  4,  6,  7,8,  9 

June  10,  11,12  

July  6,  7 

JulyS,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,14  

July  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

July  29,  30,  31  ,  August  1,2,3,4  

August  5,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11 

August  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  
August  19,  20,  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25  
August26,  27,  28,29,30,  31,Septemberl. 
September  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

September  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  
September  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.  .  . 
September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29     . 
Sentember  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  . 
October  7  8  9  10  12  13 

October  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  ... 
October  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27  

October  28,  29,  30,  31,  November  1,  3. 
November  4,5,6  7  8  9  10 

November  11,14,  15,  16,  17.  ... 
November  18,  20,21,22,  23  24 

November  26,  27,  28,  29,  30  
December  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

December  9,  10,  11  ,  12,  13,  14,  15  
December  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  
December  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  
December  30,  31,  Januarvl,  2,3,4,5.. 
Januarv  6,  7,  8,  10,  11,12  
January  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18 

Januarv  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26  

January  27,  28.  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  2. 
February  3,  4,5,6,  7,8  9 

February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14.  15,  16... 
February  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1,2.. 
March  3,  4,  5,6,7,9  

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16 

March  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  ,  22,  23  

March  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

March  31  ,  April  1,2,3,4,5,6  
April  7,  8,  9,  10.  11,  12,  13 

April  14,  IS,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

88        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Pecos  River  below  Penasco  River, 

near  Dayton,  N.  Mex. 


I 

% 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

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July  20-September  24 

26 

2,540 
3,450 
2,360 

2.7 
3.5 
3.3 

a  10 
14 

0.00 
.00 
.00 

5.8 
5.1 
7.0 

41 
40 
43 

16 
22 
18 

0.005 
.000 
.002 

September  26-November  23.  .  . 
November  25-  January  6.  ... 

29 
25 

+0.6 

13 
14 

January  13-February  22  

22 

+  1.8 

3,120 

13 

3.3 

13 

.00 

6.0 

39 

19 

.001 

February  25-  April  20  

26 

3,910 

14 

18 

.00 

4.0 

23 

.000 

April  26-May  20 

16 

+  .2 

1,820 

15 

3.2 

11 

.00 

5.8 

44 

16 

000 

May  21-  June  12  

19 

+3.4 

1,920 

17 

2.8 

12 

.00 

6.0 

42 

18 

.002 

July  6-  August  4 

22 

+2.6 

2,080 

16 

2.8 

12 

.00 

4.4 

44 

17 

.000 

August  5-  September  8  

27 

2,940 

3.1 

14 

.00 

5.3 

40 

20 

.000 

August  26-September  29  

28 

+3.5 

3,820 

14 

3.2 

14 

.00 

3.9 

40 

20 

.000 

September  30-October  27  
October  2-November  24 

27 
24 

+3.8 
+3.4 

3,650 
3,260 

14 
14 

3.1 
3.5 

13 

14 

.00 
.00 

4.5 
6.0 

39 
38 

18 
21 

Trace. 
.000 

November  26-  December  22.  .. 

26 

+2.9 

3,470 

12 

3.4 

16 

.00 

4.5 

37 

23 

.026 

December  23-January  18    .. 

26 

+2.6 

3,080 

13 

3.5 

15 

.00 

6.7 

39 

21 

.006 

January  20-  February  16  

28 

+2.4 

2,960 

14 

3.6 

13 

.32 

6.0 

40 

20 

.000 

February  24-March  23  .  . 

26 

+2.1 

4,070 

13 

3.2 

14 

.00 

3.9 

39 

21 

.000 

March  24-April  20 

28 

+2.4 

4,430 

15 

3  3 

12 

00 

6  9 

39 

20 

Mean 

2.4 

3,110 

14 

3.2 

13 

.02 

5.4 

40 

20 

.002 

a  Sodium  is  98  per  cent  and  potassium  is  3.5  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Pecos  River  near  Dayton,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

Januarv 

439 

469 

373 

427 

February.  . 

342 

395 

277 

338 

March 

194 

139 

79 

137 

April... 

530 

210 

109 

281 

May 

826 

352 

138 

372 

June 

308 

562 

92 

321 

July 

643 

464 

478 

628 

August 

270 

335 

1,560" 

:•'•' 

September  .  .  .                 

117 

271 

271 

220 

October 

190 

446 

45 

227 

November  

391 

419 

155 

322 

December 

599 

425 

362 

462 

Mean..                                                .  . 

387 

374 

328 

363 

PECOS    RIVER   NEAR    SANTA    ROSA,   N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Pecos  River  at  a  railroad 
bridge  near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex.,  between  July  7,  1905,  to  December 
29,  1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  at  the  bridge  by  the 
United  States  Geological  Survey  May  5,  1903,  and  discontinued 
December  31,  1906.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and 
estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  g:i<riiig  station  have  been  published 
by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  363-365;  132,  pp.  97-98;  174,  pp.  93-94;  210,  n>. 
78-79. 


PECOS   RIVER. 


89 


Partial  analyses,  nage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Pecos  River 
at  railroad  bridge  near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex. 

[Drainage  area  2,900  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

i 
i 

A 

1 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 

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1 
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r 

L 

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1 
1 

3 
1 

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4 

1 

1 
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1905-6. 
July  7                                        

282 
0 
212 
38 
20 
576 
94 
5,910 

3,090 
452 
298 
270 
164 
124 
10 
208 
164 

30 
372 
98 
308 
250 
102 
222 
190 
514 
2,090 
1,920 
1,360 
1,730 
720 
1,260 
1,080 
718 
384 
3,130 
3,000 
8,060 
226 
6,840 
13,300 
9,900 
7,610 
8,840 
9,270 
2,090 
348 

154 
890 
190 
12 
976 
1,990 
1,480 
116 
218 
274 
138 
68 
282 

232 
3,140 
926 
110 
218 

1,660 
1,900 
2,010 
2,110 
1,960 
1,610 
1,880 
1,380 

526 
702 
1,170 
,800 
,970 
,880 
,850 
,920 
2,170 

2,050 
2,150 
1,990 
2,090 
2,320 
2,250 
2,070 
2,120 
1,370 
546 
308 
252 
250 
204 
220 
178 
174 
216 
240 
314 
444 
978 
582 
242 
300 
450 
532 
290 
894 
1,560 

1,590 
1,320 
1,680 
1,890 
1,610 
924 
860 
1,310 
,470 
,290 
,060 
,440 
,670 

1,310 
546 
384 
1,170 
1,070 

0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.9 
0.9 
1.8 

1.7 
0.8 
0.8 
0.5 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 

0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
0.5 
0.5 
0.5 
0.5 
0.8 
1.7 
1.8 
1.8 
2.0 
1.9 
2.3 
2.2 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
3.2 
1.6 
0.9 
1.4 
1.5 
1.9 
1.5 
1.7 
2.0 
1.2 
0.9 

0.9 
1.0 
0.9 
0.9 
1.0 
1.1 
1.3 
1.1 
0.9 
1.1 
1.2 
1.1 
1.1 

1.3 
1.6 
1.5 
l.'O 
0.9 

14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
26 
12 
667 

300 
16 
12 
12 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 

14 
13 
14 
14 
12 
10 
10 
10 
48 
273 
308 
336 
508 
442 
664 
642 
479 
423 
442 
1,480 
300 
35 
-     268 
970 
534 
273 
334 
500 
65 
14 

17 
30 
13 
14 
29 
53 
83 
32 
22 
37 
67 
45 
42 

78 
226 
184 
39 
15 

a 

0 
8 
1 
1 
40 
3 
10,600 

2,500 
20 
10 
9 
6 
5 
0 
8 
6 

1 
13 
4 
12 
8 
3 
6 
5 
67 
1,540 
1,600 
1,230 
2,380 
859 
2,270 
1,880 
930 
439 
3,740 
54,400 
6,530 
21 
4,950 
32,200 
14,300 
5,620 
7,970 
12,500 
366 
13 

7 
72 
7 
0 
76 
285 
332 
10 
13 
27 
25 
8 
32 

49 
1,920 
460 
12 
9 

63 
72 
76 
80 
74 
113 
61 
2,490 

426 
30 
38 
58 
75 
71 
70 
73 
82 

78 
76 
75 
79 
75 
61 
56 
57 
177 
403 
306 
229 
343 
243 
395 
309 
225 
247 
286 
1,260 
360 
92 
422 
634 
433 
332 
480 
392 
157 
59 

73 
107 
59 
72 
126 
132 
193 
113 
88 
129 
192 
175 
190 

276 
333 
191 
123 
43 

October  6  7  8  9  10.  17,  18 

10 
0 
6 
0 
2 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
14 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

3 
0 
0 
0 
0 

148 
215 
143 
148 
131 
101 
148 

132 
154 
165 
175 
176 
144 
168 
158 
.   135 

152 
165 
133 
103 
146 
138 
114 
102 
148 
140 
82 
73 
96 
19 
96 
147 
179 
96 
74 
83 
105 
134 
128 
112 
89 
57 
255 
49 
144 
167 

141 

71 
144 
141 
119 
71 
107 
150 
150 
156 
154 
163 
158 

150 
165 
125 
157 
163 

60 
49 
51 
50 
42 
44 
39 

18 
32 
32 
58 
49 
46 
51 
51 
58 

65 
63 
54 
74 
70 
61 
68 
72 
47 
19 
37 
5 
10 
5 
5 
2 
3 
5 
10 
10 
15 
25 
20 
20 
10 
20 
10 
15 
25 
44 

33 
20 
40 
51 
45 
23 
26 
33 
31 
24 
21 
36 
44 

37 
37 
15 
37 
30 

October  19,  20,  fl  ,  22,  23  

October  25  26  27,28 

October  29,  31,  November  1,  3,  4  
Novembers,  6,  7,8.  9,  10,  11   .. 

iiber  12  13  14,  15,  18 

\.i\  ember  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  

November  20,  27,  28,  29,  30,  Decem- 
ber 1.2                          

December  4,  5,  6,  7.  8  9 

December  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

December  17   19,20,22,23             .   ... 

December  24,  25,  26,  28,  30  

December  31,  January  1,2,3,4,  5,6.. 
January  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  
January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  
January  21  22  24,  25,  26.27 

January  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1, 

February  3,  4,  6,  7,  9  

February  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

February  18,  19,  20,  21,  23,  24  

February  25,  20,  27,  28,  March  1,  2,  3. 
March  5,"6,  7,8,  9  

March  10,  11,  15,  10,  17. 

March  19  20  21  22  23,  24 

March  20,27,30,  31.  . 

April  1  3  5,  6,  7 

April  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

April  15,  16,  17,20 

April  22,  23,  24,  25,  27  

April  30,  May  1,  2,3 

May  8,  9,  10,"ll,  12  

May  14,  15,  17,  18 

Ma  v  22,  25,  26  

May  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2 

June  4,6,  7,8,9  .-  

June  13,  15 

June  17  19  21  22,  23 

June  25,  26,  27,  29,  30    .. 

July  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7 

July  11,  12 

Julv  15,  10,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  
Julv  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  

July  30,  31,  August  1,2,3,4  
August  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  
August  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18 

August  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  

August  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Septem- 
ber 1 

September  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

September  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

September  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.  ... 
September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29.  ... 
September  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6. 
October  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

October  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

October  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

October28,29,30,31,Novemberl,  2,3. 
November  4,  5,  6,  7,  8.  9,  10.  . 

November  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17... 
November  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24.  . 
November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  De- 
cember 1 

December  1,2,  3,  4,5,  7,8  . 

December  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15.... 
December  Ifi,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  ,  22.  . 
December  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

90        SOME    STREAM    WATEES    OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Pecos  River  at  railroad  bridge 

•  near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex. 


1    ' 

1? 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

t3 
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1 

fe 

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W 

5 

3 

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3 

2 

i 

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fc 

1905-6. 

October  6-November  4  

21 

1,930 

2.9 

2.3 

0.00 

8.0 

60 

2.8 

0.002 

November  5-December  2 

24 

+0.5 

1,300 

22 

3.0 

a  2.  6 

.00 

9.1 

58 

1  9 

010 

December  4-30  

22 

.0 

1,380 

22 

2.7 

3.8 

.00 

12 

59 

2.9 

.013 

December  31-January  4 

27 

1,980 

22 

2.7 

.00 

7.3 

4.3 

.002 

January  28-February  24  

24 

+2.2 

2,040 

19 

4.4 

3.9 

.00 

5.2 

59 

3.3 

.000 

February  25-March  24 

23 

2,440 

2.6 

4.3 

.00 

5.2 

3.0 

.000 

March  26-  April  20  

19 
18 

+3.6 

640 
246 
250 

23 
23 

27 

3.3 
3.2 
3.2 

3.9 
6.5 
5.2 

.00 

19 

52 
33 

3.6 

.006 

April  22-May  18 

May  22-June  16  

17 

+8.6 

.00 

46 

32 

4.4 

.022 

June  17-July  12.  . 

18 
26 

+  .5 
-2.3 

671 
714 

23 

21 

2.7 

2.8 

3.6 
3.6 

.00 
.00 

24 
22 

49 
45 

4.5 
8.3 

.000 
.000 

July  15-August  4  

August  5-September  1 

28 
28 

+2.9 

1,050 
1,590 

22 

2.9 
2.9 

3.8 
2.8 

.00 

.00 

15 

9  7 

54 

57 

2.9 
2  6 

.000 
003 

September  2-29 

September  30-October  27  
October  28-November  24  

28 
28 

+  1.4 

1,200 
1,370 

22 

2.7 
2.8 

2.9 
2.6 

.00 
.00 

14 
11 

53 
55 

2.8 
2.4 

Trace. 
.000 

November  25-December  22.  .. 

28 

+1.9 

860 

23 

3.0 

3.7 

.00 

17 

53 

3.6 

.10 

December  23-29 

7 

1,060 

23 

3.0 

.00 

14 

52 

2  9 

21 

Mean 

2.4 

1,220 

22 

3.0 

3.7 

.00  !  15 

51 

3.5 

.023 

a  Sodium  is  98  per  cent  and  potassium  is  3.0  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Pecos  River  near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1906. 

Month. 

1906. 

January  

14 

August  

179 

February 

13 

September 

22 

March  

15 

October  

44 

April      . 

374 

November 

54 

May 

544 

December 

132 

June 

399 

July 

377 

Mean 

181 

PIT  RIVER  NEAR  BIEBER,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Pit  Kiver  at  Muck  Valley, 
near  Bieber,  Cal.,  from  July  7,  1905,  to  March  2,  1907.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  at 
Muck  Valley  January  22,  1904,  and  was  discontinued  October  1,  1908. 
Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates 
of  discharge,  for  the  gaging  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey 
in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  134,  pp.  134-137;  177,  pp.  136-139;  213,  pp.  104-105; 
251,  pp.  160-162. 


PIT   RIVER. 


91 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Pit  River 
at  Muck  Valley,  near  Bieber,  Cal. 

[Drainage  area,  2,950  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

•o 

*? 

I1 

'•3 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

I 

1  • 

s3 

f 

o 

i 

"So 

ft 

0 

o> 
•3 

1x 

»§, 

•£ 

•gl 

P 

-a 
I 

it 

8 

4 

8 
|jj 

a 

i 

I 

1905-1907. 

JU1V  7                                           

90 
122 
66 
62 
46 
30 
34 
24 
32 
16 
22 
36 
36 
26 
74 
104 
74 
260 
134 
188 
30 
44 
56 
20 
30 
24 
64 
24 
40 
30 
16 
10 
70 
50 
538 
622 
72 
112 
28 
78 
72 
78 
8 

0 
16 

20 
170 
80 
50 

78 

164 

226 
192 
266 
204 
278 
226 
290 
224 
240 
174 
218 
198 
292 
232 
224 
170 
116 
136 
138 
176 
156 
146 
190 
164 
186 
166 
170 
174 
156 
164 
180 
156 
122 
148 
204 
198 
158 
216 
164 
186 
198 
200 

200 
180 

262 
142 
140 
140 
114 

2.3 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
1.8 
1.8 
1.7 
1.8 
1.6 
1.7 
1.5 
1.4 
1.4 
1.9 
2.2 
2.5 
3.4 
5.4 
6.6 
7.5 
5.0 
4.7 
4.8 
4.7 
4.6 
4.4 
4.2 
3.7 
4.1 
3.9 
3.7 
3.4 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.2 
1.8 
1.8 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
2.0 
4.5 

3.7 
3.6 

6.5 
9.5 
6.1 
5.9 
6.4 

44 
56 
53 
59 
17 
16 
9 
14 
5 
10 
2 
1 
1 
17 
39 
80 
386 
1,600 
2,980 
4,390 
1,160 
900 
1,020 
924 
805 
710 
569 
328 
508 
412 
322 
212 
76 
63 
66 
41 
21 
21 
26 
24 
23 
27 
754 

322 
279 

3,240 
8,680 
2,280 
2,010 
2,660 

n 

18 
9 
10 
2 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
8 
22 
77 
1,120 
1,080 
2,230 
94 
107 
154 
50 
65 
46 
98 
21 
55 
33 
14 
6 
14 
9 
96 
69 
4 
6 
2 
5 
4 
6 
16 

0 
12 

175 

3,990 
492 
272 
560 

19 
34 
27 
42 
9 
12 
5 
11 
3 
6 
1 
1 
1 
13 
25 
48 
177 
501 
1,090 
1,640 
551 
379 
402 
475 
357 
356 
255 
151 
239 
174 
143 
103 
32 
21 
26 
23 
11 
9 
15 
11 
12 
14 
407 

174 
136 

2,290 
3,330 
862 
706 
819 

Jnl'vT  8  9  10,11,12,13,14,15 

0 

161 

20 

July  19 

July  16  17  18,  19,  20,  21,  22 

4 
0 

160 
174 

July  23   \ugust4  56789 

14 

August  9 

August  10,  11,  18,  20,  21,  22,  23  

0 

174 

16 

August  18 

August  24,  2~5,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30  

18 

130 

7 

August  29                                     

August  31,  September  1,  2,  3,  6,  7,  8.  . 
September  10,  11,  12,  13,  20,  28,  29.... 
September  20 

15 
22 

142 
136 

21 

14 

October  7,  17,  18,  i9,  20,  21  

13 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
18 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

199 
185 
147 
111 
69 
70 
67 
89 
92 
89 
89 
96 
191 
191 
105 
109 
70 
108 
105 
124 
122 
115 
112 
136 
139 
158 
150 
150 
145 
113 

122 
122 

67 
50 
67 
76 
72 

21 
22 
13 
14 
28 
7 
19 
5 
5 
10 
43 
14 
5 
10 
10 
5 
7 
5 
10 
10 
9 
6 
28 
8 
9 
14 
12 
11 
9 
10 

10 
15 

8 
5 
16 
16 
5 

October  22,  23,  26,  27,  November  8.  . 
December  21,  22,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  30. 
December  31,  January  15,  February  7 
February  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17.. 
February  18  19,  20,  21,  22,  23 

March  1,  12,  13,  21,  22,  23  

April29  30,  May  1,  2,  4,  5 

May  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12      

May  14  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

May  20-26            

May  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,  2 

June  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

June  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16           

June  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

June  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30    

July  123567 

July  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14       

July  15  16  17,  18,  19,  20 

August  1,  2,  3,  4 

August  5  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

August  12,  14,  16,  17,  18  

August  19,  20 

August  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  September  1.  . 
September  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

September  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.  . 
September  26,  27,  28,  29 

September  30,  October  1,  2,  4,  6  

Octobers,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6.  7,  8.  9  

January  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17, 
18,19       

January  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26 

January  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  February 
1,  2 

February  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  
February  17,  18,  20,  21,  22,  23 

February  24,  25,  26,  27,  March  1,  2... 

92        SOME    STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Pit  River  at  Muck  Valky,  near 

Bieber,  Cal. 


I 

1 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

1 

s's 

.' 

?u 

§ 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

15 
•B 

!& 

3 
a 

T3  + 

5 

O 

o 

5 

6 

x 

•3 

•Si 

w 

| 

SsS 

£ 

a 

0 

| 

. 

^  i) 

B 

'i 

g"X 

a 

0 

OJ 

§ 

<D 

I 

1 

Q 

1 

1 

|§ 

1 

1 

I 

| 
O 

1 

1905-1907. 

July  7-August  23               

30 
26 
23 

+3.3 
-  .4 
-  .1 

240 
230 
191 

13 
13 
11 

5.0 
4.8 
4.0 

ol9 
22 
19 

0.00 
.00 
.00 

77 
83 
66 

8.7 
8.7 
13 

11 

16 
14 

0.13 
.12 
.23 

August  24-October  21 

October  22-Februarv  11  

February  18-March  23 

12 

143 

4.4 

18 

.00 

15 

6.7 

.19 

April  29-Mav  26  r  

25 

28 

+8.9 
+1.8 

180 
170 

13 
15 

5.6 
4.9 

13 
12 

.00 
.00 

55 
65 

17 
8.8 

4.9 
13 

.05 
.05 

May  27-  June  23  

June  24-July  20 

26 

+3.2 

160 

14 

4.8 

15 

.00 

79 

6.1 

7.5 

.01 

August  1-18 

16 

195 

9.7 

6.1 

20 

.00 

9.2 

5.0 

.23 

August  27-September  29 

25 

206 

5.8 

18 

.00 

72 

10 

5.8 

.17 

September  30-October  13  
January  1—  February  2 

11 
33 

+9.3 

230 
180 

12 
13 

4.8 
4.5 

16 
19 

.00 
.00 

62 

10 
8.9 

6.5 
7.2 

.10 
.49 

February  3-March  2 

26 

172 

13 

3.8 

12 

.00 

8.7 

4.5 

.52 

Mean 

3.9 

191 

13 

4.9 

17 

.00 

70 

10 

8.5 

.19 

a  Sodium  is  95  per  cent  and  potassium  is  6T7  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Pit  River  near  Bieber,  Cal. 


Month. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January              

a238 

1.040 

b2,150 

710 

861 

1,000. 

February 

3,950 

1,080 

1,930 

4,190 

339 

2,300 

March  

7,590 

1,100 

4,640 

6,940 

322 

4,120 

April 

4,210 

950 

2,  590 

2,970 

78 

2,160 

May 

3,440 

166 

948 

1,130 

83 

1,150 

June  .                                

542 

103 

544 

2,160 

86 

687 

July 

83 

52 

«311 

323 

68 

167 

August  .     .                  

33 

10 

o51 

72 

9 

350 

September 

16 

1 

o'24 

52 

5 

20 

October 

103 

15 

c25 

113 

66 

November 

165 

76 

307 

183 

December 

304 

a  64 

799 

389 

The  year 

1,720 

382 

1,650 

1,050 

a  Approximate.  &  January  15-31.  c  October  1-13. 

PITTA  CREEK  NEAR  WINTERS,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Puta  Creek  at  a  railroad 
bridge  near  Winters,  Cal.,  from  September  14,  1905,  to  March  1 ,  1907. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  near  Winters,  Cal.,  September  26,  1905.  Stream-flow  data, 
including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station 
have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  177,  pp.  182-183;  213,  pp.  116-117;  251,  pp.  184-187. 


PUTA   CREEK. 


93 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Puta  Creek  at 
railroad  bridge  near  Winters,  Cat. 

[Drainage  area,  80.r.  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

2, 

0 

-d 

2-i 
II 

j 

2^ 

So 

JS 

5 

X. 

5 

I 

1 

1 
I 
a 

o 

it 

& 
3 

co 

*t 

j> 
Q 

1 

1 

1 

Q 

1905-^1907. 

^cptt'inbor  14 

98 
90 
108 
272 
1,160 
94 
38 
74 
330 
294 
142 
138 
430 
210 
570 
68 
98 
0 
30 
0 
0 
24 
8 
42 
0 
22 
24 
6 
48 
54 
.     66 
16 
38 
6 
72 
32 
12 
78 
38 
68 
26 
20 
54 
20 
4 
22 
16 
26 
54 

30 
10 

366 

400 
380 
266 
122 
240 
272 
268 
206 
178 
244 
230 
252 
244 
226 
294 
300 
410 
378 
380 
404 
426 
402 
258 
330 
334 
340 
354 
368 
350 
366 
386 
398 
378 
364 
398 
416 
364 
344 
364 
418 
394 
376 
402 
404 
372 
406 
354 
348 

330 
376 

Scpiomber  26                     

January  '_'  3  4,5.6 

0 
27 
0 
0 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
25 
0 
7 
0 
0 
54 
0 
6 
38 
63 
25 
0 
17 
32 
25 
26 
19 
9 
48 
70 
38 
61 
0 
16 
17 
0 
0 
35 
0 
17 
8 
8 
0 
0 
0 
17 
6 
13 

20 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
14 
0 
5 

344 
254 
86 
178 
214 
257 
185 
147 
195 
127 
170 
167 
160 
230 
188 
304 
310 
281 
192 
278 
326 
190 
201 
223 
239 
268 
300 
210 
169 
246 
196 
317 
304 
309 
356 
343 
264 
347 
304 
320 
313 
340 
346 
340 
307 
324 
313 

298 
340 
196 
226 
158 
178 
108 
151 
188 
108 
162 
196 
241 
222 

18 
14 
11 
14 
22 
18 
14 
26 
42 
14 
19 
19 
24 
19 
22 
14 
19 
19 
14 
19 
24 
16 
14 
20 
15 
20 
20 
20 

""25" 
30 
25 
30 
24 
29 
38 
24 
22 
27 
22 
25 
22 
26 
31 
30 
29 
28 

30 
31 
25 
17 
15 
14 
24 
14 
13 
13 
13 
16 
21 
16 

4.6 

5.5 
16.5 
6.8 
5.3 
4.9 
7.2 
8.2 
7.5 
7.6 
'    8.2 
9.3 
10.5 
8.1 
6.8 
6.4 
6.2 
6.0 
5.8 
5.8 
5.8 
6.3 
5.8 
5.6 
5.3 
5.1 
.8 
.6 
.6 
.7 
.7 
.8 
.8 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
.7 
4.7 
4.7 
4.7 
4.9 
4.9 
4.8 

4.9 
4.9 
6.5 
5.5 
7.9 
7.5 
10.4 
7.6 
6.8 
10.3 
8.7 
6.7 
6.4 
6.4 

23 
716 
11,600 
1,150 
369 
190 
1,870 
2,650 
1,950 
2,020 
2,490 
3,540 
4,770 
2,310 
1,090 
721 
613 
384 
305 
276 
328 
706 
371 
271 
224 
171 
118 
89 
63 
38 
29 
26 
20 
16 
17 
18 
14 
13 
14 
12 
12 
15 
13 
17 
42 
34 
31 

37 
45 

1,070 
200 
2,520 
1,600 
4,400 
1,470 
872 
5,330 
2,490 
821 
598 
623 

7 
525 
36,300 
292 
38 
38 
1,670 
2,100 
746 
753 
2,890 
2.010 
7,350 
424 
288 
0 
50 
0 
0 
18 
7 
80 
0 
16 
15 
3 
15 
13 
11 
2 
3 
0 
4 
1 
1 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
0 

2 
2 

5 

3 

1 

24 
514 
3,820 
745 
271 
138 
1,040 
1,270 
1,280 
1,250 
1,690 
2,330 
2,910 
1,830 
883 
799 
626 
394 
333 
318 
356 
492 
330 
244 
206 
163 
117 
84 
62 
40 
31 
27 
20 
17 
19 
18 
13 
13 
16 
13 
12 
16 
14 
17 
46 
33 
29 

33 
46 

January  7,8,9,10,11,12,13  

January  14.  15.  10,  1,7,  18.  19.  20 

I  'Hiiiary  21  22  23  24  •',')  L'ti  "7 

January  29,  30,  31,  February  1,2,3  
February  4  5,  6 

I-Vhruarv  H.  14.15,  16,  17  
February  18  19,20,21,22,23,24 

February  20.  27,  28,  March  1,  2,  3  

March  4,5,6,7,9 

March  11,12,  13.  14,  15,  16,  17  
March  18,19,20.21,22,23,24 

March  25.  20,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  

April  1.2,3,4,5,6,7 

April  8.  10,  11,  12,  13  

•\pril  15,16.17,18,19,20,21 

April  22  23,24,25,26,27 

May  3,  4,  5,  6.  7     

May8  9,10,11,12 

May  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

May  21  .  22,  23.  24,  25,  26 

May  27  28  29  30  31  June  1  2 

June  3,  4.  5,  6,  7,  8 

June  10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  
June  17,18,19,20,21,22,23 

June  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

July  2,  3,  4,  7  

July  8,9,10,11,12,13,14 

July  15,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  

July  22,23,24,25,26,27,28  

July  30,  August  1,2,3,4  

August  5678911 

August  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  

August  21,22,23,24,25     .    . 

August  20,  27,  28,  30,  31,  September  1  .  . 
September  2.  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  
September  9.  10,  11,  12,  14,  15 

September  1  0,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  
September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  29 

September  30,  October  1,2,4,5  
October  7,  8,  9,  11,12  

October  14.  15,  16,  17,  18 

October  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26.  . 
October  28,  29,  30,  November  2,3  
November  4,  5,  0,  7,  8,  9,  10  
November  11  ,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17  
November  18,  19,  20,  21  ,  22,  24 

November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  Decem- 

ber 1 

December  2,3,5,6,8.-  

December  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15 

December  16,  17.  18,  19,  20,  22  

44 

216 
144 
872 
156 
34 
430 
110 
32 
30 
20 

234 
236 
236 
168 
192 
206 
152 
198 
292 
294 
264 

24 
1,470 
622 
7,340 
619 
80 
6,180 
740 
71 
48 
34 

126 
1,610 
1,020 
1,990 
762 
485 
2,190 
1,330 
646 
475 
444 

December  23  ,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  
December  30,  31,  January  1,2,3,4,5... 
January  7,8,9,10,11,12  

January  14,  15.  16,  17,  18,  19 

January  22,  23,  24  

January  27,  28.  29.  30,  31  ,  February  1  ,  2 

February  3.  4.  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

February  10.  11,  12,  13,  14.  15,  16.  .  . 
February  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  23  
February  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1  

94        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Puta  Creek  at  railroad  bridge 

near  Winters,  Cal. 


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January  2-27  

26 

236 
240 
210 

10 
12 
10 

15 
13 
13 

"9.6 

7.8 

0.00 
.00 
.00 

91 
81 
86 

8.9 
22 
12 

9.3 
13 
15 

0.15 
.22 

.02 

January  29-  February  24  ... 

25 
25 

-  2.3 
-  4.4 

February  26-March  24  

March  25-  April  21  

26 
23 

+  7.8 
+  5.2 

263 
358 

11 
8.1 

15 
14 

11 
11 

.00 

8.7 

89 
70 

14 
12 

7.2 
5.6 

.03 
.00 

April  22-May  20 

May  21-June  16  

25 
25 

+  4.0 
—  2.6 

318 
371 

11 
8.9 

15 
13 

7.9 

8.6 

16 
16 

58 
66 

13 
8.9 

8.8 
8.1 

.07 

.01 

June  17-July  14 

July  15-August  11  

23 
25 

+  6.5 
+  5.1 

362 
394 

8.6 
9.6 

14 
13 

11 

10 

1.8 
3.3 

81 
80 

11 

10 

5.5 

7.6 

.00 
.00 

August  12-September  8 

September  9-October  5 

23 

421 
390 

11 
10 

13 
13 

10 
10 

2.8 
1.6 

10 

12 

6.9 

8.7 

T. 
T. 

October  7-November  13 

21 

+  3.3 

81 

November  4-December  1  

26 

+  5.2 

392 

11 

13 

10 

.00 

86 

12 

7.9 

.00 

December  2-29                    

24 

+  7.9 

306 

9.8 

12 

10 

.00 

74 

11 

8.5 

.07 

December  30-February  2  
February  3-March  1  ...   

29 
26 

+  6.2 

216 
280 

12 
11 

11 
14 

9.3 
9.7 

.00 
.00 

70 

13 

14 

9.3 

6.4 

.10 
T. 

Mean  

5.0 

317 

10 

13 

10 

3.3 

78 

12 

8.5 

.04 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Puta  Creek  near  Winters,  Cal. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January                                                     

3,100 

2.320 

810 

2.080 

February 

1,330 

1.860 

1,390 

1,530 

March                                                   

3,060 

5,150 

662 

2,960 

April 

1,130 

919 

130 

726 

May 

411 

230 

65 

235 

June 

266 

110 

28 

135 

July                                    

72 

40 

7 

40 

August 

21 

16 

5 

14 

September                      

a  10 

15 

15 

4 

11 

October 

10 

14 

18 

4 

12 

13 

34 

25 

7 

20 

December                                                   -             

21 

836 

198 

138 

298 

The  year                                  

857 

908 

271 

672 

a  September  26-30. 
REDWATER  RIVER  NEAR  BELLE  FOTJRCHE,  S.  DAK. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Redwater  River  at  a  county 
bridge  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak.,  from  AprilO,  1905,  to  June  23, 1906. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  near  Belle  Fourche  by  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey  July  20,  1903,  and  was  discontinued  June 
23,  1906.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables, 
and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  published  by 
the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply   Papers:  99,   pp. '59-60;  130,   pp.   172-175;  172,   pp.    160-161; 
208,  pp.  131-132. 


REDWATER   RIVER, 


95 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Redwater 
River  at  county  bridge  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 

[Drainage  area,  1,020  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second-feet). 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

Carbonate  radicle 
(C03). 

Bicarbonate  radicle 
(HCO8). 

Chlorine  radicle  (Cl). 

Suspended  matter 
(Sm). 

I 
1 

1 
5 

02 

d 

O 

1905-6. 
April  9  10  11                                  .     - 

20 
10 
.     0 
0 
15 
18 
12 
18 
20 
12 
0 
0 
0 
0 
12 
12 
2 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
27 
3 
0 
12 
0 
0 

181 
247 
293 
205 
167 
176 
195 
207 
197 
194 
244 
235 
191 
224 
209 
186 
232 
223 
220 
200 
212 
230 
223 

218 
232 
193 
240 
254 
223 
250 

10 
4 
6 
6 
7 
30 
15 
12 
5 
7 
14 
28 
16 
13 
16 
9 
11 
12 
10 
6 
22 
21 
18 

10 
9 
11 
10 
8 
15 
10 
11 
19 
5 
5 
5 
5 
10 
5 
5 
5 

54 
70 
16 
374 

662 
248 
990 
168 
58 
78 
296 
90 
848 
258 
96 
310 
312 
76 
296 
0 
64 
36 
36 

66 
10 
0 
50 
22 
0 
42 
108 
110 
150 
132 
370 
458 
630 
312 
114 
1,280 

912 

880 
852 
758 
560 
560 
626 
754 
884 
856 
784 
778 
608 
678 
748 
726 
750 
830 
854 
934 
914 
940 
844 

874 
850 
904 
824 
996 
824 
926 
662 
874 
820 
950 
860 
844 
720 
832 
862 
874 

3.0 
2.9 
2.9 
3.4 
4.1 
3.9 
3.7 
3.3 
2.9 
3.0 
3.4 
3.1 
4.1 
3.7 
3.4 
3.6 
3.5 
3.2 
3.2 
2.9 
2.7 
2.9 
2.9 

2.9 
3.0 
3.1 
3.5 
3.5 
3.6 
3.6 
3.6 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.6 
3.1 
3.1 
2.9 
2.6 
2.6 

210 
190 
182 
378 
723 
591 
522 
325 
182 
205 
378 
251 
748 
512 
386 
458 
401 
267 
284 
198 
128 
174 
180 

172 
194 
268. 
410 
410 
456 
446 
457 
227 
220 
220 
265 
404 
403 
330 
261 
258 

31 
36 
8 
382 
1,290 
396 
1,400 
148 
29 
43 
302 
61 
1,710 
357 
100 
383 
338 
55 
227 
0 
22 
17 
18 

31 
5 
0 
55 
24 
0 
51 
133 
68 
89 
78 
265 
500 
686 
278 
80 
890 

517 
452 
419 
78  1 
1,090 
894 
882 
662 
434 
474 
800 
528 
1,230 
936 
780 
897 
813 
598 
655 
500 
316 
442 
410 

406 
446 
655 
912 
1,100 
1,010 
1,120 
816 
536 
487 
565 
615 
922 
784 
741 
607 
607 

April  16  17  18  19  20  22 

April  23.  24,  25,  27,  28,  29  .  . 

April  30,  May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  
May  7,  8,  9,  11,  12,  13  

May  14  15  16,  18,  19,  20 

May  21.  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27  

May  28  29  30,  31,  June  1,  2,  3  . 

June  4,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  

June  11  13  14,  15,  16,  17     . 

June  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,24  

June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30  .  . 

July  2345678 

July  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15...     . 

July  16  17  18  20  21 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

July  30,  31,  August  1,2,  3,  4  
August  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

August  13  14  16,  17,  18,  19 

August  20,  21,  23,  24,  26  
August  28,  29,  30,  September  1,2  
September  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

September  10,  11,  12,  15,  20,  21,22,23. 
September  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  Octo- 

October  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11.  .. 

October  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19.  .. 
October  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25  

October  31-November  1,  2,  3,  4 

November  6  7  8  9  10  11 

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17 

November  24,  25  

April  1,2,  4,  5,  6,  7  . 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
10 
10 

249 
246 
246 
217 
217 
214 
220 
201 
207 

Aprils  9  10  12  13  14 

April  15,  18,  19,  ... 

May  16,  17,  18,  19  

May  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26    .  . 

May  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  1,2  
June  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  
June  11,  12,  13,  14,  16 

June  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23. 

96       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Redwater  River  at  railroad  bridge 

near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

9 

>. 

V 

•gp, 

1 

fc 

E 

i 

w 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

1 

Magnesium  (Mg). 

Sodium  and  potas- 
sium (Na+JK). 

Carbonate  (CO3). 

Bicarbonate 
(HC03). 

Sulphate  (SO^). 

O 

O, 

• 
c 

o 

Nitrate  (NOS). 

1905-6. 
April  9-May  13 

22 

780 

4.7 
5.2 
5.0 

3.2 
3.0 
2.8 
a  3.  2 
2.4 
1.9 
1.9 
2.0 
3.0 
3.1 
4.2 

1.2 
.88 
1.3 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

26 
31 
27 
31 
25 
22 
30 
19 

45 
45 
46 
43 
51 
50 
52 
58 
59 

0.82 
2.2 
1.0 
2.9 
1.2 
4.7 
1.3 
2.9 

0.03 
.00. 
.05 
.03 
.03 
.03 
.00 
.02 

May  14-June  10 

26 

25 

+1.3 

694 
746 

20 

June  11  July  8 

July  9-  A  ugust  5 

26 
23 

28 
24 
8 
19 
25 
7 

"+"."8" 

C 

+  '.7 
+  .1 

"-2.Y 

729 
844 
898 
774 
662 
672 
704 
849 

August  6-September  2  

20 

20 
21 
19 
20 
19 
18 

5.4 
5.2 
5.8 
6.8 
6.3 
6.1 
5.2 

September  3-October  11 

October  12-Nov  ember  11  

November  12-25  
April  1  May  IP 

May  21-June  16       

.00 
.00 

31 
22 

50 

5.4 
.93 

.01 
.00 

June  17-23 

Mean 

1.0 

759 

20 

5.6 

2.8 

.34 

26 

50 

2.3 

.02 

a  Sodium  is  86  per  cent  and  potassium  is  18  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Redwater  River  near  Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

Mean. 

o200 

Februarv                                 

a200 

Marcn                                                                         

a  213 

171 

6611 

o250 

April                                           

222 

192 

219 

211 

Mav 

144 

554 

333 

344 

June                                   

1,100 

256 

o281 

546 

JUly                                                                                                                        

c91 

177 

520 

263 

162 

92 

247 

167 

291 

180 

170 

214 

October 

123 

212 

296 

212 

195 

445 

320 

218 

218 

o262 

o  Approximate. 


6  March  26-31. 


•  July  21-31. 


RIO  GRANDE  NEAR  EL  PASO,  TEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Rio  Grande  at  Courchesne, 
near  El  Paso,  Tex.,  from  June  8,  1905,  to  April  30,  1907.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  May  1,  1897,  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  at  Courchesne,  1  mile  above  the  old  station.  Stream-flow 
data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge, 
for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following 
reports:0 

Annual  Reports:  11,  II,  pp.  54,  57,  99;  12,  II,  pp.  280,  350,  360;  13,  III,  pp.  94, 
99;  14,  IV,  114-115;  18,  IV,  pp.  257-259;  19,  IV,  pp.  389-390;  20,  IV,  pp.  58, 
358,  372;  21,  IV,  pp.  262-263;  22,  IV,  p.  353. 

a  Sfte  also  Third  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  404. 


RIO   GRANDE. 


97 


Bulletins:  131,  pp.  46-47;  140,  pp.  178-179. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  67;  16,  pp.  132-133;  28,  pp.  120,  128;  37,  pp.  283- 

284;  50,  pp.  352-353;  66,  p.  70;  75,  pp.  155-156;  84,  pp.  181-183;  99,  pp. 

378-382;  132,  pp.  67-71;  174,  pp.  49-53;  210,  pp.  55-57;  248,  pp.  45-50. 

Further  information  relative  to  the  quality  of  water  in  the  Rio 
Grande  near  El  Paso  is  contained  in  Bulletin  34,  New  Mexico  Agricul- 
tural Experiment  Station,  "Principles  of  water  analysis,"  by  Arthur 
Goss,  1900. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande  at 
Courchesne,  near  El  Paso,  Tex. 

[Drainage  area,  38,600  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

A 

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per  day;. 

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1905-1907. 
January  8  

6 

128 
98 
62 
100 
113 
113 
106 
71 
78 
56 
49 
42 
52 
67 
45 
74 
40 
42 
41 
42 
39 
23 
27 
26 
28 
113 
88 
233 
136 
.     178 
175 
103 
117 
71 
106 
187 
275 
362 
494 
759 
1,070 
1,230 
1,080 
1,220 
233 
285 

534 

1,090 
2,030 
846 
758 
786 
1,640 
2,090 
2,310 
1,950 
14,500 
7,300 
4,750 
7,010 
9,180 
17,400 
6,990 
7,110 
6,730 
5,130 
4,360 
4,510 
4,610 
4,630 
4,400 
2,380 
928 
130 
290 
216 
228 
20,900 
17,800 
28,900 
22,000 
12,400 
902 
378 
270 
152 
8 
334 
202 
264 
440 
376 

678 

618 
528 
638 
662 
654 
690 
544 
544 
850 
716 
570 
534 
564 
552 
764 
454 
448 
464 
440 
324 
402 
284 
296 
410 
396 
404 
872 
660 
746 
758 
868 
848 
860 
902 
1,060 
1,190 
1,350 
1,700 
2,490 
3,470 
3,720 
3,330 
3,730 
948 
1.090 

6.3 
7.2 
7.7 
7.0 
6.7 
6.5 
7.2 
8.0 
8.0 
9.2 
10.1 
10.3 
9.6 
10.4 
10.6 
12.9 
11.7 
13.5 
11.6 
12.2 
14.6 
14.2 
14.8 
13.4 
10.7 
9.4 
7.4 
6.7 
6.8 
6.7 
6.4 
7.0 
7.0 
7.6 
6.8 
6.4 
6.2 
6.0 
5.8 
5.6 
5.4 
5.4 
5.4 
5.3- 
5.9 
5.7 

385 
765 
1,080 
605 
540 
460 
720 
1,220 
1,300 
2,500 
3,910 
3,170 
1,980 
2,930 
3,330 
7,300 
5,530 
9,760 
5,960 
6,020 
10,200 
15,600 
23,000 
13,600 
4,950 
3,150 
735 
385 
435 
380 
210 
600 
570 
950 
470 
300 
200 
145 
100 
50 
35 
30 
35 
25 
110 
75 

556 
2,260 
5,910 
1,380 
1,100 
976 
3,780 
(i,880 
8,100 
13,  100 
153,000 
62,400 
25,400 
55,400 
82,500 
343,000 
104,000 
187,000 
108,000 
83,500 
120,000 
190,000 
286,000 
170,000 
58,800 
20,300 
1,840 
135 
341 
224 
129 
33,900 
27,300 
74,100 
27,900 
10,000 
487 
148 
73 
21 
1 
27 
19 
18 
122 
76 

705 
,280 
,540 
,040 
965 
812 
,340 
,790 
,910 
5,740 
7,550 
4,880 
2,860 
4,460 
•     4,960 
15,100 
6,780 
11,800 
7,470 
7,150 
8,920 
16,900 
17,000 
10,900 
5,480 
3,370 
802 
906 
775 
765 
429 
1,410 
1,300 
2,210 
1,140 
855 
645 
530 
458 
335 
328 
302 
315 
252 
281 
221 

January  11 

20 
0 
0 
0 
0 
11 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

156 
272 
258 
184 
222 
170 
198 
186 
192 
199 
166 
169 

January  14  :  

January  21 

January  28  

February  4  .    , 

February  19  

February  21  .... 

February  28  .. 

March  3  

March  9 

March  21  

April  17 

April  14  

April  19  

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
21 
0 
23 
0 
0 
6 
•6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
19 
35 
18 
15 
16 
7 
0 
0 

168 
180 
178 
183 
190 
195 
173 
141 
154 
151 

"l52' 
136 
135 
161 
138 
184 
174 
192 
161 
157 
167 
234 
209 
173 
172 
219 

"2i<J" 
239 
178 
179 

April  29.... 

May  4... 

May  9 

May  13... 

May  19 

May  25  

June  6 

June  13  

June  19 

June  26... 

Julvl... 

July  13 

Julv  22  

Julv  25        • 

July  28  

August  3 

August  10  

August  11... 

August  12 

August  15  

August  18 

August  21  . 

August  24    . 

August  27 

August  30.  .    . 

September  2 

September  5  

September  8 

September  11  

September  14 

September  17... 

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98        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande  at 
Courchesne,  near  El  Paso,  Tex. — Continued. 


Dates. 

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September  20 

0 
0 
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0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
10 
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4 
12 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
24 
14 
22 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
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0 
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0 
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15 
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213 
262 
240 
167 
167 
189 

582 
1,020 
1,240 
131 
130 
205 
318 
458 
640 
797 
736 
562 
561 
467 
401 
247 
154 
102 
127 
128 
76 
84 
49 
68 
86 
89 
88 
81 
95 
99 
107 
99 
180 
207 
246 
254 
260 
199 
166 
116 
76 
72 
87 
83 
87 
103 
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86 
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76 
99 
113 
113 
82 
102 
101 
121 
138 
100 
79 
97 
97 
165 
112 
68 
68 
63 

118 
216 
134 
2,280 
18,300 
39,100 
34,300 
6,620 
6,600 
1,950 
818 
674 
860 
706 
694 
2,360 
6,580 
15,900 
15,400 
8,910 
7,880 
23,300 
16,900 
13,600 
13,800 
10,100 
6,050 
5,780 
5,040 
5,270 
4,020 
3,840 
1,550 
1,060 
896 
894 
698 
1,170 
1,120 
5,370 
6,460 
6,170 
4,280 
3,390 
3,880 
3,480 
3,360 
6,060 
5,670 
5,500 
5,090 
4,660 
3,980 
4,270 
3,510 
2,870 
3,040 
2,390 
2,970 
4,7W 
6,980 
6,470 
4,800 
14,600 
13,800 
18,300 
14,200 

2,250 
3,250 
3,880 
686 
716 
1,530 
1,940 
1,800 
2,220 
2,470 
2,350 
1,850 
1,800 
1,470 
1,320 
994 
702 
704 
822 
712 
546 
612 
508 
572 
658 
618 
600 
576 
552 
550 
520 
534 
756 
958 
932 
890 
980 
856 
752 
610 
480 
524 
544 
528 
500 
586 
540 
580 
556 
464 
506 
>        542 
570 
518 
620 
596 
592 
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634 
678 
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668 
630 
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5.5 
5.2 
5.2 
6.2 
6.4 
6.0 
5.8 
5.6 
5.5 
5.3 
5.3 
5.4 
5.4 
5.5 
5.6 
5.8 
6.2 
6.7 
6.7 
6.6 
6.6 
7.8 
8.3 
8.2 
7.2 
6.9 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
6.9 
6.8 
6.3 
6.2 
6.0 
6.0 
6.0 
6.3 
6.3 
7.2 
7.6 
7.8 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
7.3 
7.4 
7.6 
6.3 
7.2 
7.0 
7.0 
6.9 
6.9 
6.8 
6.7 
6.8 
7.3 
7.2 
6.8 
6.6 
7.5 
8.2 
8.1 
7.8 

45 
20 
15 
165 
195 
130 
90 
60 
45 
25 
30 
40 
40 
35 
75 
115 
200 
380 
340 
310 
335 
1,240 
1,560 
1,350 
690 
540 
595 
570 
580 
580 
455 
450 
280 
220 
165 
175 
175 
240 
240 
520 
945 
1,040 
560 
515 
490 
470 
470 
595 
715 
795 
635 
555 
485 
515 
425 
395 
370 
270 
280 
580 
520 
355 
235 
770 
1,340 
1,210 
970 

14 
12 
5 
1,020 
9,600 
13,700 
8,330 
1,070 
802 
132 
66 
73 
93 
67 
140 
735 
3,550 
16,200 
14,  100 
7,460 
7,130 
78,000 
71,000 
49,800 
25,600 
14,700 
9,700 
8,890 
7,890 
8,250 
4,940 
4,680 
1,170 
630 
399 
422 
330 
760 
728 
7,540 
16,500 
17,300 
6,480 
4,710 
5,130 
4,420 
4,660 
9,730 
10,900 
11,800 
8,710 
6,980 
5,230 
5,940 
4,030 
3/060 
3,040 
1,740 
2,250 
7,490 
9,770 
6,210 
3,050 
30,400 
50,000 
59,700 
37,  200 

274 
176 
157 
306 
376 
536 
471 
292 
209 
166 
190 
200 
195 
139 
266 
308 
379 
720 
755 
596 
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2,050 
2,140 
2,090 
1,230 
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964 
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864 
861 
638 
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571 
570 
415 
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487 
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1,220 
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867 
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711 
635 
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881 
661 
497 
1,370 
2,280 
2,230 
1,550 

September  23  

September  26 

September  29 

October  2  

October  5 

October  8  

October  11... 

224 
246 
251 
258 
229 
244 
218 
194 
182 
162 
149 
142 
174 
164 
180 
154 
169 
173 
175 
165 
168 
168 
168 
172 
178 
196 
199 
185 
205 
193 
224 
231 
204 
175 
168 
172 
181 
162 
174 
158 
166 
159 
154 
124 
185 
198 
178 
159 
169 
174 
182 
170 
162 
166 
142 
166 
160 
160 
150 
144 

October  14 

October  20 

October  23 

October  26... 

October  29 

November  1  

November  4 

November  7  

November  10 

November  15  

November  18 

November  21 

November  24.. 

November  27 

November  30  

December  3 

December  6  

December  9  

December  12 

December  15... 

December  18 

December  21  

December  24 

December  27  

December  30 

January  1 

January  4  

January  7 

January  10  

January  13    . 

January  16  

January  18 

January  21  

January  24  . 

January  27 

January  30  

February  2 

February  5  

February  8                                   .  . 

February  11  

February  14  

February  17 

February  20 

February  23 

February  26  

March  2  

March  5 

March  8  

March  11 

March  14  

March  17... 

March  20 

March  23  

March  26 

March  29  

March  31... 

April  2 

April  5  

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Courchesne,  near  El  Paso,  Tex. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

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171 
204 
246 
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216 
183 
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233 
164 
163 
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141 
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135 
139 
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78 
58 
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63 
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48 
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39 
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24 
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29 
34 
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29 
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30 
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147 
229 
390 
467 
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72 
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73 
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39 
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32 
31 

8,700 
9,890 
7,320 
10,700 
7,870 
11,400 
10,200 
10,200 
9,280 
7,270 
6,260 
6,060 
7,240 
9,320 
6,850 
7,190 
7,490 
(i,  400 
7,240 
7,480 
8,720 
8,800 
10,900 
10,400 
11.500 
12.  100 
13,600 
12,900 
9,210 
6,440 
3,850 
4,690 
5,950 
9,810 
10,500 
8,010 
7,690 
9,460 
8,400 
6,300 
4,800 
18,600 
19,400 
11,600 
11,000 
10,700 
13,700 
9,130 
5,090 
3,870 
13,180 
3,920 
3,440 
646 
128 
124 
116 
778 
124 
390 
4,050 
83,900 
45,000 
31,600 
20,200 
13,800 
11,400 
8.980 

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470 
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572 
470 
492 
502 
464 
420 
346 
354 
276 
382 
426 
364 
330 
348 
370 
328 
348 
338 
286 
298 
266 
272 
294 
274 
272 
266 
246 
280 
252 
354 
420 
434 
364 
340 
348 
378 
336 
276 
204 
416 
466 
370 
408 
562 
500 
506 
620 
300 
418 
722 
1,130 
1,650 
1,920 
2,110 
.1,630 
1,680 
2,440 
480 
1,170 
1,120 
1,100 
554 
492 
396 
338 

7.6 
8.2 
8.6 
8.6 
8.0 
8.7 
8.8 
9.5 
10.0 
9.8 
9.3 
9.5 
10.6 
11.4 
12.0 
11.6 
11.8 
12.4 
12.4 
11.4 
10.6 
10.0 
10.0 
10.0 
11.0 
11.4 
11.8 
10.9 
9.8 
9.4 
8.7 
8.6 
9.0 
9.4 
8.8 
8.8 
8.9 
8.8 
8.1 
8.0 
7.9 
8.7 
8.7 
8.2 
8.0 
7.7 
6.9 
6.7 
6.6 
6.0 
7.2 
6.2 
5.8 
5.4 
5.2 
5.0 
5.0 
5.0 
5.1 
4.8 
5.9 
8.4 
7.3 
7.1 
7.4 
7.5 
7.2 
7.0 

780 
1,150 
1,060 
1,070 
1,170 
1,710 
1,870 
2,850 
3,  470 
3,700 
2,760 
2,810 
4,740 
5,840 
7,330 
6,390 
6,990 
8,460 
8,140 
6,120 
4,470 
4,360 
3,610 
3,730 
4,770 
5,  770 
6,500 
4,720 
2,910 
2,210 
1,390 
1,280 
2,030 
2,590 
1,660 
1,770 
1,840 
1,510 
1,060 
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680 
1,430 
1,610 
1,230 
805 
505 
355 
250 
240 
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545 
150 
65 
40 
20 
20 
10 
10 
15 
15 
140 
1,240 
580 
435 
650 
720 
560 
505 

18,300 
30,700 
21,000 
42,300 
24,900 
52,800 
51,300 
73,  300 
87,000 
72,  600 
46,700 
46,000 
92,700 
147,000 
136,000 
124,000 
141,000 
146,000 
159,000 
124,000 
105,000 
104,000 
106,000 
104,000 
148,000 
189,000 
238,000 
164,000 
72,400 
38,400 
14,400 
16,200 
32,600 
68,600 
46,800 
38,300 
38,100 
38,600 
24,100 
16,800 
8,800 
71.700 
84,400 
38,400 
23.800 
14,500 
13,200 
6,170 
3,300 
1,250 
19,400 
1,590 
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1,530 
281,000 
70,500 
37,100 
35,400 
28,700 
17.300 
12,300 

1,170 

1,460 
1,020 
2,270 
1,490 
2,270 
2,530 
3,570 
3,940 
3,460 
2,640 
2,090 
4,890 
6,710 
7,200 
5,090 
6,560 
8,450 
7,210 
5,750 
4,080 
3,370 
2,900 
2,«80 
3,500 
4,650 
4,810 
3,460 
2,090 
1,470 
1,050 
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1,940 
2,940 
1,940 
1,740 
1,690 
1,420 
1,080 
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558 
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201 
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126 
122 
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April  28 

April  30 

May  3 

May  6 

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May  26  

May  29 

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June  10 

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June  22  

June  25. 

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June  30. 

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July  6 

July  9 

July  12 

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July  21 

July  24  ..  . 

July  27  

July  29    . 

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August  6  

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Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande  at 
Courchesne,  near  El  Paso,  Tex.  —  Continued. 

Dates. 

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131 
126 
137 
133 
139 
116 
142 
150 
134 
142 
137 
151 
126 
138 
128 
148 
206 
136 
129 
129 
130 
155 
142 
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143 
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135 
144 
140 
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35 
37 
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80 
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41 
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52 
45 
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7,970 
7,230 
9,850 
7,630 
8,990 
10,600 
10,200 
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8,580 
7,550 
6,130 
8,460 
4,510 
4,230 
5,270 
16,800 
7,390 
13,100 
7,640 
2,950 
3,200 
3,400 
2,720 
3,490 
3,620 
3,560 
4,000 
4,020 
5,190 
4.190 
6,860 
4,510 
3,220 
2,360 
2,500 
2,770 
2,910 
4,110 
4.010 
4,310 
3,850 
3.430 
3,230 
3,590 
4,250 
3,990 
3,040 
2,890 
3,750 
5,010 
2.310 
3,390 
2.200 
8,900 
10,200 
9,430 
6.700 
4.550 
5,100 
4,490 
4.600 
7.550 
12.100 
12.800 
11,600 
10,300 
7,680 

316 
308 
392 
366 
450 
426 
324 
444 
288 
300 
254 
272 
242 
244 
268 
264 
508 
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334 
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378 
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388 
326 
324 
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314 
358 
428 
352 
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316 
348 
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270 
374 
218 
470 
400 
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436 
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434 
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352 
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7.0 
7.6 
7.2 
7.4 
7.8 
8.1 
8.1 
8.1 
8.0 
8.1 
8.0 
7.6 
7.5 
8.1 
10.2 
8.4 
8.5 
8.3 
8.2 
8.0 
7.6 
7.2 
7.8 
7.8 
7.9 
7.7 
7.5 
7.7 
8.0 
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7.8 
7.6 
7.7 
7.8 
8.0 
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7.9 
7.8 
7.7 
7.8 
7.8 
8.0 
7.8 
7.7 
7.6 
7.9 
8.0 
7.4 
7.4 
7.4 
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9.2 
9.0 
8.6 
8.4 
8.4 
8.4 
8.2 
9.6 
11.0 
11.2 
11.0 
10.0 
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505 
490 
820 
565 
760 
1,180 
1,140 
1,240 
1,150 
1,030 
1,110 
980 
550 
550 
1,000 
3,670 
1,510 
1,560 
1.110 
1,170 
1,170 
810 
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1,300 
1,400 
1,210 
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2,060 
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5,070 
6,060 
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3,750 
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10,900 
9,580 
21,800 
11,600 
18,400 
33,600 
31,200 
30,100 
26.700 
21,000 
18,400 
22,400 
6,700 
6,290 
14,300 
166,000 
30.200 
55,200 
22.900 
9,300 
10,100 
7,450 
4,400 
8,870 
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9,050 
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12,700 
14,700 
25,900 
14,800 
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6,550 
7,850 
10,200 
11.800 
9,300 
8,320 
7.260 
6,540 
7,950 
10,900 
8,890 
4,810 
4,650 
8.350 
13,000 
3,370 
4,750 
3,030 
49.500 
65,500 
50.400 
31.400 
17.700 
18.900 
16.  100 
15,900 
62,900 
!»•>-,.  000 
210.000 
181.000 
104.000 
•62,200 

431 
408 
869 
559 
923 
1,360 
996 
1,490 
895 
835 
761 
720 
359 
362 
724 
2,620 
2,070 
2,250 
1,330 
1.050 
1,040 
796 
547 
888 
828 
817 
875 
634 
792 
1,230 
1,190 
1,170 
1,110 
599 
649 
747 
940 
890 
900 
.584 
808 
462 
951 
886 
1,100 
970 
664 
659 
980 
1.040 
632 
:,r,i 
606 
2.450 
2,610 
.880 
.  ,1(X) 
,030 
.110 
.000 
,040 
3,210 
4,820 
5,570 
5,330 
3,690 
2,900 

October  24 

October  27 

October  30 

November  2 

November  5  ... 

November  8  

November  11 

November  14  

November  18 

November  21  

November  24 

November  27  

November  29 

December  2.  . 

December  5  

December  8. 

December  11  

December  14 

December  17  

December  20 

December  23.  ...          . 

December  26 

December  29.  .. 

December  31 

January  3  

January  6 

January  9  .  .     . 

January  12 

January  15... 

January  19  ,  

January  22    . 

January  25 

January  28... 

January  31 

February  3  . 

February  6 

February  9  

February  12 

February  15 

February  18 

February  21  

February  24     . 

Februarv  28 

March  3    .. 

March  6 

March  9.... 

March  12 

March  15  

March  18 

March  21  

March  21 

March  24  

March  27 

March  29  

March  31  

April  3 

April  6.  ... 

\pril  'i 

April  12  

April  15  . 

April  17 

April  19 

April  21 

April  24    . 

April  27 

April  30.... 

RIO  GRANDE. 


101 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  waterfront  Rio  Grande  at  Courchesne,  near 

El  Paso,  Tex. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

§ 

>> 

1 

"3 

1 

fe 

ri 

1 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

I 

/So 

a 

1 
|i 

? 
0 

& 

I 

9) 

«• 

09 

o^ 

% 

S3 

0 

n 

d 
Q 

e. 
1 

g 
1 

3 

fc 

1905-1907. 
January  8-28 

5 
4 
3 
4 
5 
4 
3 
9 

+4.0 
+5.2 

594 
595 
670 
658 
474 
363 
417 
1  360 

14 
J6 
19 
18 
19 
24 
17 

2.5 
2.2 
2.5 
2.4 
2.5 
2.7 
2.4 
2.0 
1.8 
2.0 
2.4 
2.3 
2.2 
3.1 
2.2 
2.5 
3.1 
2.6 
3.1 
3.0 
2.1 
2.4 
3.2 
3.2 
3.2 
2.5 
3.6 
2.8 

16 
16 
14 
15 
15 
12 
16 
19 

0.00 
1.6 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

1.1 

.00 
.00 

33 
30 
28 
32 
41 
59 
37 
16 

""is" 

21 

30 
28 
31 
29 
35 
46 
47 
50 
38 
14 
25 
43 
41 
38 
32 
37 
40 

24 
25 
41 
37 
30 
22 
24 
33 
28 
30 
29 
33 
25 
29 
30 
32 
29 
22 

""29" 

""42" 
32 

28 
23 
26 
37 
30 

17 

15 

"9."6~ 
9.7 
8.8 
17 
21 
31 
27 
23 
13 
21 
17 
17 
11 
11 
7.4 
7.1 
11 
26 
9.8 
11 
14 
14 
11 
12 
11 

0.01 
.02 
.06 
.02 
.05 
.05 
.03 
.01 
.004 
.002 
.01 
.04 
.01 
.03 
.03 
.02 
.01 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.003 
.002 
.10 
.59 
.24 
.'50 

February  24-28 

March  3-21  

April  7-29 

+4.8 
+1.6 
+7.3 

+4.4 

May  4-25  

Jane  6-26 

Julv  1-25  

August  10-30  

September  2-29  

10 
9 
8 
8 
14 
9 

2,  (180 
1,880 
912 
600 
723 
519 

9.8 
11 
11 
13 
13 

October  2-29 

"+2."3~ 
-  .1 
+1.9 

November  1-24  
November  27—  December  18 

21 
17 
19 
19 
17 
16 
13 
14 
15 
15 
22 
15 
16 
16 
14 
14 
16 
14 

December  24-  January  30  

February  2-26 

March  2-31 

9 
10 

-3.0 

627 
522 
357 
324 
350 
461 
1,480 
656 
404 
372 
374 
442 
422 
348 

11 

April  2-30     . 

May  3-29 

10 
10 
10 

-1.9 
+2.0 

16 

14 
18 
16 
11 
14 
16 
16 
16 
15 
16 
19 

June  1-28 

June  30-Julv  27  

July  29-  August  30 

14 

10 

+4.7 

September  2-30  

October  1-27 

10 

11 
11 

10 
10 
10 
10 

+  .2 
+1.8 
+3.5 
+4.9 
+5.7 
+  2.4 
+6.5 

October  30-November  29  

December  2-31 

Januarv  3-31 

February  3-March  3  

March  6^  April  9 

April  6-30  

Mean  

3.4 

699 

15 

2.6 

16 

.10 

34 

30 

15 

.07 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Rio  Grande  near  El  Paso,  Tex. 


Month. 

1889. 

1890. 

1891. 

1892. 

1893. 

1897.0 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

January.  .  . 

196 

451 

326 

134 

50 

490 

210 

132 

February 

290 

809 

476 

144 

182 

006 

204 

102 

March  

424 

1  870 

752 

35 

161 

326 

115 

g 

April 

2  190 

4  260 

3  150 

808 

2  160 

1  650 

148 

5 

May. 

63  120 

5  770 

11  900 

7  090 

3  760 

8  300 

2,280 

168 

729 

June 

2  640 

4  400 

6  710 

2  940 

225 

6  100 

1  880 

o 

1  560 

July.  ... 

237 

854 

2  270 

668 

1,330 

3,190 

318 

1 

August  

0 

734 

662 

13 

132 

508 

7 

0 

September  

0 

176 

768 

0 

705 

38 

0 

277 

October 

o 

65 

1  490 

o 

1  760 

3 

2 

o 

November  

0 

284 

341 

0 

1,170 

2 

2 

o 

December 

71 

535 

344 

o 

654 

93 

46 

12 

The  year 

1  330 

2  650 

1  280 

1  900 

922 

102 

235 

Month. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

5 

135 

10 

16 

584 

439 

983 

536 

294 

February.. 

81 

104 

23 

7 

780 

571 

839 

542 

360 

March 

60 

10 

368 

o 

3  060 

412 

976 

111 

585 

April 

o 

133 

831 

o 

3  330 

1  480 

2  950 

1  350 

1  530 

May. 

2  570 

9 

3  310 

o 

8  880 

5  680 

4,380 

5,590 

4,320 

June 

1  300 

5 

9  860 

o 

14  300 

4  550 

7  440 

675 

3  800 

July..      . 

205 

o 

2  570 

o 

956 

1,570 

5,490 

265 

1,250 

August  

986 

236 

70 

120 

322 

799 

2,200 

954 

484 

September  .   .   . 

353 

156 

17 

184 

56 

47 

2,800 

240 

364 

October 

87 

23 

33 

5  960 

69 

621 

813 

0 

683 

November  

215 

5 

5 

813 

428 

997 

923 

85 

330 

December 

130 

29 

40 

621 

610 

1,240 

612 

380 

338 

The  year 

503 

70 

1,430 

643 

2,780 

1,530 

2,540 

950 

1,190 

a  Revision  of  previous  estimates  appearing  in  Third  Ann.  Rept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  404. 
&  Approximate. 


102    SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 
BIO  GRANDE  NEAR  SAN  MARCIAL,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Rio  Grande  at  a  railroad 
bridge  near  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  from  May  28,  1905,  to  April  27,  1907. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  near  San  Marcial  January  29,  1895.  Stream-flow  data,  includ- 
ing gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports  :* 

Annual  reports:  11,  II,  p.  107;  18,  IV,  pp.  254-257;  19,  IV,  pp.  387-389;  20,  IV, 

pp.  58,  358,  371;  21,  IV,  p.  261;  22,  IV,  p.  352. 
Bulletins:  131,  p.  46;  140,  pp.  177-178. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  66;  16,  p.  131;  28,  pp.  120,  128,  129;  37,  pp.  282- 

283;  50,  pp.  351-352;  66,  pp.  68-69;  75,  p.  155;  84,  pp.  183-186;  99,  pp. 

382-386;  132,  pp.  62-67, 127;  174,  pp.  43-48;  210,  pp.  52-56;  248,  pp.  40-45. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande 
at  railroad  bridge  near  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex. 

[Drainage  area,  30,000  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 
1 

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s& 
3 

1 

II 
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T3  g 

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day). 

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1905-1907. 

May  28,  30,  June  3,  6,  12,  15  
June  18,  21,24         ...                     

0 
0 
0 
13 
0 
0 
10 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
12 
12 
12 
5 
2 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

128 
113 
126 
129 
178 
194 
186 
158 
193 
154 
168 
191 
170 
180 
156 
159 
161 
161 
151 
158 
179 
174 
182 
192 
169 
158 
148 
153 
149 
158 
160 
168 
164 
165 
165 
l.V. 
165 
155 
178 

•Jlls 

21 
22 
13 
62 
53 
35 
94 

"'94' 
85 
50 
51 
44 
49 
42 
40 
50 
48 
39 
44 
41 
47 
60 
95 
59 
63 
53 
41 
42 
53 
69 
42 
35 
38 
42 
49 
53 
46 
53 
88 

4,540 
4,290 
1,390 
20,400 
23,200 
782 
102,000 
4,400 
99,200 
50,900 
31,900 
29,200 
12,900 
8,870 
7,470 
7,200 
6,060 
5,970 
7,410 
6,850 
7,950 
7,180 
15,400 
642 
8,590 
6,600 
5,540 
7,430 
31.900 
13,600 
24,500 
13,400 
6.510 
5,700 
4,550 
4,830 
3,920 
8,890 
2,090 
710 

286 
244 
218 
908 
656 
824 
1,930 
1,160 
1,790 
1,440 
836 
834 
578 
594 
450 
454 
444 
430 
432 
490 
488 
426 
522 
826 
498 
536 
532 
384 
600 
600 
758 
472 
436 
382 
418 
452 
432 
362 
416 
554 

12.2 
9.2 
7.7 
6.4 
6.5 
5.6 
6.7 
5.6 
7.3 
6.7 
6.2 
6.0 
5.6 
5.6 
5.7 
5.7 
5.7 
5.8 
5.9 
6.0 
6.2 
6.2 
7.0 
7.0 
7.0 
6.8 
6.8 
7.0 
7.8 
7.0 
7.7 
7.3 
7.2 
7.2 
7.2 
7.4 
7.3 
7.4 
6.9 
6.5 

18,800 
9,630 
2,040 
176 
344 
5 
150 
50 
400 
230 
170 
160 
85 
85 
95 
80 
85 
95 
125 
150 
170 
175 
690 
665 
550 
480 
480 
605 
1,920 
620 
1,530 
815 
505 
565 
605 
740 
620 
645 
230 
175 

231,000 
111,000 
7,640 
9,670 
21,500 
11 
41,300 
595 
107,000 
31.600 
14,600 
12,  600 
2,970 
2,040 
1,920 
1,550 
1,390 
1,530 
2,500 
2,770 
3,650 
3,390 
28,600 
1,150 
12,800 
8,550 
7,160 
12,200 
166,000 
22,700 
101.000 
29,600 
8,890 
8,680 
7,430 
9,680 
6.560 
6,770 
1,300 
336 

14,500 
0,  350 
1,190 
431 
610 
11 
781 
157 
1,940 
890 
384 
360 
133 
137 
115 
98 
102 
110 
Hi. 
198 
224 
201 
972 
1,  IM) 
7-10 
693 
688 

3.110 
1,000 
3,130 

1.010 

583 

081 
Ml 

72:{ 
651 
258 
262 

June  20,  28,  30,  July  3,  6,  9,  12  
July  15,  18,  21,  24,  27            

July  31   August  3,  6,  15,  18.  21 

August  24         

September  9 

September  25  

September  27 

September  29  

October  2 

October  5  

October  10                          

October  11 

October  14                   

October  17 

October  20  

October  23 

October  20 

October  2S                                       

October  31 

Novembers                       

November  9 

November  11  

November  14 

November  17 

November  20        

November  23 

November  25  

November  28                                   ... 

November  30 

December  3         .                            .... 

December  G 

December  9  

December  12                

December  15 

December  18  

December  21 

I  )ciTinber  24 

December  27.  .. 

Se?  also  Third  Ann.  Kept..  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  pp.  412,  415. 


RIO   GRANDE. 


103 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discfiarge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande 
at  railroad  bridge  near  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

§> 
3 

f 

Mean  discharge  (sec- 
ond-feet). 

Solid  (tons  per 
day). 

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3-  . 

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1905-1907. 
December  30                            

0 
0 
18 
2 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

205 
222 
202 
195 
183 
165 
152 
145 
175 
158 
158 
163 
172 
160 
155 
161 
153 
150 
139 

70 
94 
72 
58 
64 
51 
58 
40 
51 
43 
40 
46 
47 
56 
40 
44 
48 
42 
46 
42 
56 
35 
37 
25 
44 
46 
50 
44 
41 
57 
46 
73 
39 
49 
36 
33 
19 
19 
14 
14 
10 
10 
16 
24 
14 
10 
19 
10 
12 
14 
10 
10 
10 
10 
15 
10 
15 
15 
20 
18 
17 
10 
20 
15 
20 
10 
10 
15 
25 
20 
20 

1,190 
348 
914 
682 
616 
2,170 
5,830 
7,750 
5,820 
1,950 
3,590 
3,220 
6,380 
10,350 
6,090 
4,990 
4,560 
4,750 
3,290 
2,980 
3,720 
3,200 
3,350 
2,  680 
2,410 
6,450 
11,400 
9,440 
6,640 
10,700 
2,840 
13,900 
9,920 
9,980 
12,900 
16,300 
11,400 
11,600 
9,050 
7,030 
5,880 
5,380 
6,580 
9,900 
5,780 
4,920 
6,540 
5,740 
4,990 
3,930 
3,640 
4,380 
3,320 
3,490 
4,252 
4,430 
1,170 
2,340 
8,170 
6,680 
9,030 
10,600 
6,240 
5,540 
7,900 
4,300 
2,490 
4,020 
8,540 
17,200 
10.  800 

504 
600 
560 
422 
428 
404 
396 
402 
576 
386 
358 
450 
510 
570 
412 
408 
384 
368 
330 
282 
360 
348 
368 
332 
332 
504 
492 
462 
452 
640 
576 
602 
468 
438 
406 
438 
310 
280 
278 
276 
268 
260 
216 
324 
236 
246 
252 
212 
232 
220 
206 
206 
212 
192 
170 
188 
202 
186 
356 
234 
364 
288 
230 
258 
284 
284 
222 
270 
338 
366 
510 

6.5 
6.5 
7.0 
6.8 
7.2 
7.2 
7.9 
7.9 
7.2 
7.2 
7.4 
7.1 
7.3 
7.5 
7.4 
7.7 
7.8 
7.6 
7.7 
7.6 
7.6 
7.4 
7.6 
7.5 
7.6 
7.8 
7.9 
7.8 
7.7 
7.9 
8.5 
7.7 
8.0 
8.1 
8.2 
8.5 
9.2 
9.5 
9.8 
9.4 
9.2 
9.0 
9.9 
10.5 
10.3 
10.1 
10.9 
10.8 
10.5 
9.5 
9.1 
9.3 
9.4 
9.8 
10.4 
10.6 
9.0 
8.4 
7.9 
8.5 
8.7 
8.4 
8.4 
8.4 
8.7 
8.2 
8.0 
7.9 
8.4 
8.3 
8.5 

185 
125 
280 
240 
285 
515 
1,250 
1,310 
700 
485 
805 
650 
625 
705 
635 
795 
875 
780 
'720 
660 
780 
730 
690 
580 
750 
920 
1,030 
790 
520 
740 
2,200 
1,210 
1,450 
1,430 
1,730 
2,660 
3,320 
4,380 
5,840 
4,970 
4,560 
4,390 
7,080 
9,370 
10,400 
9,650 
10,800 
10,200 
8,910 
6,380 
5,320 
5,300 
5,430 
6,240 
8,500 
8,330 
4,330 
2,710 
1,710 
2,310 
2,580 
2,190 
1,930 
2,110 
2,640 
,760 
,170 
,070 
,450 
,470 
.360 

595 

118 
691 
443 
474 
3,020 
19,600 
27,400 
11,000 
2,550 
7,820 
5,660 
10,800 
19,700 
10,400 
10,500 
10,800 
10,000 
6,400 
5,320 
7,840 
6,300 
6,240 
4.200 
4,870 
16,000 
31,800 
20,100 
9,320 
21,500 
16,800 
45,400 
38,900 
3X1  500 
60,000 
117,000 
102,000 
137,000 
143,000 
94,400 
72,500 
63,800 
126,000 
250,000 
163,000 
128,000 
191,000 
158,000 
120,000 
67,800 
52,200 
62,700 
48,600 
58,800 
97,700 
99,600 
13,700 
17,100 
37,  700 
41,800 
63,000 
62,700 
32,500 
31,  COO 
56,400 
20.100 
7,850 
11,600 
33!  400 
68,200 
99.800 

252 

203 
423 
273 
329 
6(3 
1,340 
1,420 
1,090 
505 
780 
790 
860 
1,090 
706 
876 
908 
775 
642 
502 
758 
686 
686 
520 
672 
1,250 
1,370 
985 
635 
1,280 
3,420 
1,970 
1,830 
1,690 
1,900 
3,150 
2,780 
3,310 
4,380 
3,710 
3,300 
3,080 
4,130 
8,200 
6,650 
6,410 
7,360 
5,840 
5,590 
3,790 
2,960 
2,950 
3,100 
3,240 
3,900 
4,230 
2,370 
1,360 
1,640 
1,460 
2,540 
1,700 
1,200 
1,470 
2,030 
1,350 
701 
780 
1.320 
1,450 
1.870 

J'Uiiiary  5                                   

January  14 

January  20 

January  2(>                                       

January  31                                     

February  3 

February  (>                            

February  9 

February  12 

February  15 

February  18 

February  21                                     

February  24 

February  27                                     

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
Trace. 
0 
0 

139 
144 
208 
126 
119 
146 
108 
121 

March  3* 

March  6                                           

March  9 

March  12                            ..."        

March  15 

March  18  

March  21 

March  24  

March  27 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

o 

142 
120 
131 
124 
115 

March  30  

April  3 

April  6  

April  9 

April  12 

April  18..    .. 

0 
3 
0 
0 
10 
0 
0 

121 
108 
96 
124 
105 
118 
112 

April  21 

April  24  

April  27 

April  30... 

May  3 

May  6... 

May  9. 

May  12  1  

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
16 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

118 
105 
115 
99 
102 
121 
61 
105 
96 
108 
96 
96 
106 
86 
99 
105 
96 
121 

May  15  

May  18 

May  22  

May  25 

May  28  

May  31  . 

June  3 

June  7 

June  10 

June  13  

June  16.. 

June  19 

June  26  

June  29 

July  2  

July  5  ... 

JulyS  

July  11  

July  14  

July  17  

0 
19 
0 
13 
19 
16 

o 

109 
72 
122 
85 
62 
85 

July  20... 

July  23  

July  26  

July  29 

July  31  

August  3  ... 

AuguM  6  

19 

42 

104     SOME    STREAM   WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande 
at  railroad  bridge  near  San  Martial,  N.  Mex. — Continued. 


Dates.  - 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

f. 

Mean  discharge  (sec- 
ond-feet). 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Hi 

III 

si- 

p(  C3  S 

f°t 

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1 

a,"* 

K 

o> 

5 

o 

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0 

CQ 

G 

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1905-1907. 
August  9 

16 
10 
11 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
12 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0 
8 
4 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

59 
59 
69 
141 
166 
148 
131 
152 
171 
153 
151 
124 
184 
133 
134 
128 
118 
108 
144 
100 
110 
128 
137 
131 
142 
122 
113 
131 
122 
127 
123 
134 
128 
144 
113 
135 
142 
116 
118 
133 
135 
152 
127 
130 
196 
188 
129 
126 
230 
118 
147 
132 
132 
132 
130 
131 
134 
215 
134 
126 
126 
153 
129 
124 
134 
124 
138 
134 
136 
129 
124 

20 
25 
20 
25 
50 
35 
30 
42 
68 
53 
64 
98 
55 
42 
29 
20 
17 
15 
18 
17 
22 
27 
29 
24 
33 
24 
23 
20 
20 
18 
21 
31 
28 
50 
47 
32 
37 
33 
29 
30 
32 
32 
28 
27 
27 
42 
32 
31 
49 
36 
36 
36 
31 
36 
32 
30 
34 
31 
23 
28 
23 
42 
26 
31 
26 
29 
42 
26 
31 
31 
31 

9,760 
10,400 
6,840 
12,200 
1,650 
6,130 
13,  300 
14,  700 
44,300 
14,900 
21,600 
3,  950 
98,  200 
16,400 
15,320 
9,990 
7,300 
4,950 
4,270 
4,030 
4,230 
8,330 
8,200 
8,130 
6,690 
5,660 
5,900 
5,110 
4,420 
4,000 
3,350 
3,170 
2,820 
3,680 
4,920 
7,460 
8,920 
3,760 
3,880 
5,730 
3,300 
2,640 
2,550 
2,480 
1,700 
1,690 
1,520 
2,680 
2,390 
2,320 
2,710 
2,090 
1,340 
1,880 
1,780 
2,270 
5.730 
4,660 
4,440 
3,830 
2,920 
2,580 
2.180 
3,220 
3,350 
3,420 
2,340 
2,310 
3,040 
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1.790 

296 
380 
358 
412 
578 
350 
454 
466 
1,140 
644 
700 
560 
1,590 
604 
514 
328 
274 
234 
274 
230 
234 
398 
422 
362 
292 
260 
242 
250 
248 
238 
226 
252 
246 
360 
380 
362 
422 
282 
326 
318 
308 
300 
274 
270 
284 
378 
254 
286 
434 
290 
340 
320 
300 
330 
316 
324 
350 
402 
270 
302 
314 
324 
284 
344 
340 
350 
384 
376 
860 
350 
334 

8.3 
7.9 
7.7 
7.6 
7.6 
7.3 
7.8 
7.5 
7.5 
7.0 
6.7 
6.4 
10.4 
7.4 
7.6 
7.7 
7.8 
7.7 
7.7 
7.8 
7.8 
7.9 
8.1 
8.2 
8.3 
8.5 
8.4 
8.5 
8.5 
8.5 
8.4 
8.0 
8.0 
8.1 
8.5 
8.6 
8.8 
8.5 
8.4 
8.4 
8.0 
8.0 
8.3 
8.2 
8.4 
8.4 
8.0 
8.4 
8.4 
8.3 
8.6 
8.3 
8.3 
8.3 
8.6 
8.6 
8.7 
8.6 
8.7 
8.6 
8.5 
8.7 
8.8 
8.8 
8.7 
8.6 
8.6 
8.6 
8.7 
8.8 
8.4 

1,100 
625 
525 
420 
220 
155 
320 
185 
175 
70 
40 
15 
9,070 
1,060 
1,270 
1,380 
1,180 
910 
1,000 
880 
1,010 
1,080 
1,390 
,070 
,410 
,550 
,620 
,550 
,490 
,420 
,280 
900 
900 
,010 
,390 
,770 
,120 
,550 
,400 
,190 
780 
685 
965 
965 
1,120 
1,040 
685 
900 
1,140 
970 
1,260 
1,130 
770 
860 
970 
1,060 
1,350 
1,190 
1,230 
1,060 
1,110 
1,190 
1,300 
1,460 
1,400 
1,240 
950 
900 
1,190 
1,150 
710 

29,000 
17,500 
9,700 
13,800 
981 
2,560 
11,500 
7,350 
21,000 
2.820 
2,330 
160 
2,450,000 
46,900 
52,500 
37,200 
23,300 
12,  200 
11,500 
9,590 
11,500 
24,300 
30,800 
23,500 
25,500 
23,  700 
25,800 
21,400 
17,800 
15,300 
11,600 
7,700 
6,840 
10,000 
18,500 
35,400 
51,100 
15,800 
14,600 
18,400 
6,950 
4,900 
6,650 
'  6,480 
5,130 
4.750 
2,800 
6,500 
7,350 
6,090 
9.210 
6.380 
2,790 
4.370 
4,670 
6.490 
20,900 
15,000 
14,800 
11,000 
8,260 
8,280 
7,630 
12,700 
12,700 
11.500 
6,000 
5,620 
9,780 
9,440 
3.440 

880 
642 
508 
467 
344 
146 
395 
233 
540 
122 
76 
23 
39,000 
1,730 
1,760 
1,220 
874 
575 
740 
547 
638 
.160 
,580 
,050 
,110 
.090 
,060 
,050 
,000 
912 
781 
613 
598 
982 
1,430 
1,770 
2,410 
1.180 
1,230 
1,020 
G49 
555 
715 
705 
860 
1,060 
470 
695 
1,330 
759 
1,160 
976 

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827 
927 
1.280 
1.290 
897 
866 
041 
1.1)10 
996 
1.360 
1.290 
1.170 
985 
914 
1,220 
1,090 
640 

August  12  

August  15 

August  18  

August  21  

August  24 

August  27  

August  30 

September  2  

September  5 

September  8 

September  25  

September  28 

September  30  

October  3 

October  6  

October  9 

October  12 

October  15  

October  18 

October  21  

October  22 

October  25  

October  28 

October  31  

November  3  .  . 

November  6  

November  9  ...                    ...... 

November  12 

November  15  

November  20 

November  23  

November  26 

November  29  

December  2  . 

December  5 

December  8.  . 

December  11 

December  14  

December  17 

December  20  

December  23. 

December  26 

December  29  

December  31 

January  3  

January  6     . 

January  9 

January  12  

January  15 

January  18  

January  21 

Januai  v  24 

January  28  

January  30 

February  2  

Fehninrv  5 

February  8 

February  11  

Februarv  14 

Fchruarv  17  

Februarv  20  

February  23 

Februarv  26  

Februarv  28  ...  . 

March  3' 

March  6  

March  9 

March  12  

March  15  

March  18... 

RIO   GRANDE. 


105 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Rio  Grande 
at  railroad  bridge  near  San  Martial,  N.  Hex. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

r 

Mean  discharge  (sec- 
ond-feet). 

Solid(  tons  per 
day). 

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1905-1907. 
March  21 

5 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

143 
124 
131 
122 
112 
118 
118 
110 
117 
119 
110 
110 
110 
110 

39 
36 
23 
26 
21 
26 
21 
21 
28 
18 
18 
27 
27 
21 

3,030 
6,240 
6,910 
4,420 
2,540 
3.200 
3,250 
3,250 
5,800 
7,780 
5,750 
5,270 
4,810 
3,680 

364 
374 
310 
306 
244 
230 
270 
244 
246 
268 
254 
256 
164 
260 

S.6 
9.3 
9.4 
9.0 
8.9 
9.0 
8.9 
9.0 
9.6 
10.6 
10.4 
10.6 
9.7 
9.3 

1,130 
2,350 
'2,  SSO 
2,260 
1,740 
1,920 
2,000 
1,810 
3,280 
5,580 
5,710 
7,500 
4,950 
3,840 

9,240 
39,600 
53,800 
27,000 
11,900 
16,600 
17,600 
15,900 
51,300 
11,700 
8,850 
107,000 
64,200 
38,200 

1,110 
2,370 
2,  410 
1,870 
1,150 
1,240 
1,460 
1,190 
2,180 
4,040 
3,920 
5,180 
2,190 
2,690 

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April  6                            

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April  12                    

April  14 

April  It!                  

April  19 

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April  27 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Rio  Grande  at  railroad  bridge  near 

San  Martial,  N.  Mex. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

i 

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1 

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N 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

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1905-1907. 

May  28-July  27  
July  31-October  5 

21 
13 
9 
8 
8 
15 
9 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 

-2.1 
-4.9 
+4.3 
+  .2 
+2.2 
-  .6 
+2.8 
+5.1 
+1.6 

418 
1,140 
.464 
554 
496 
470 
402 
466 
459 
282 
228 
281 
411 
678 
396 
350 
352 
344 

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17 
14 
14 
14 
14 
13 
15 
16 
20 
18 
17 
14 
17 
14 
17 

3.1 
2.6 
2.8 
2.5 
2.4 
3.0 
3.2 
3.0 
3.0 
3.9 
3.5 
2.9 
3.4 
2.8 
3.3 
4.3 
3.1 
3.2 

aU 
15 
14 
15 
16 
15 
17 
15 
16 
12 
13 
14 
16 
15 
14 
14 
14 

0.00 
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.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
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1.2 
1.4 
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34 
17 
38 
34 
34 
39 
38 
31 
37 
38 
67 

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24 
41 
38 
46 
42 

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46 

""46" 
34 
41 
32 
28 
33 
38 
35 
29 
21 
30 
37 
42 
31 
29 
24 
25 
27 
24 
22 

10 
8.9 
9.5 
11 
10 
13 
12 
10 
9.8 
10 
8.3 
7.1 
7.3 
8.0 
7.8 
10 
8.8 
10 
7.9 
7.8 
8.5 

0.05 
.01 
.04 
.02 
.05 
.04 
.03 
.01 
.01 
.46 
.01 
.00 
.00 
.01 
.00 
.12 
.12 
.26 
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October  10-31     

November  3-25 

November  28-Deceml>er  18  
December  21-January  31 

February  3-27          

March  3  30 

April  3-27                  

April  30-Mav  28 

May  31-Julv  2          

July  5-31 

August  3-30       

10 
10 
10 
8 
11 
10 

+5.2 

+4.4 
+6.5 
+  4.4 
+6.8 

September  2-October  12 

October  15-  November  9  

November  20-Decembor  11  
December  14-Januarv  12    

January  15-  February  11 

FebruaVy  14-March  15 

10 

390 
344 

18 

2.6 
3.8 
3.1 

13 
15 
11 

March  12-  \pril  9 

7 

April  12-27         

7 

+8.5 

270 

20 

Mean 

3.8 

438 

16 

3.1 

14 

.12 

38 

31 

9.3 

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o  Sodium  is  96  per  cent  and  potassium  is  5.1  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


106    SOME    STREAM    WATEES   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Rio  Grande  near  San  Martial,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1895. 

1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

January  

o600 

318 

938 

453 

660 

341 

370 

February 

986 

680 

438 

1  070 

443 

632 

458 

314 

March 

2  100 

679 

663 

1  010 

448 

540 

246 

129 

April 

4,690 

3,140 

3,570 

4  560 

909 

105 

398 

674 

May... 

3,620 

2,020 

12,300 

2,700 

570 

2  010 

4  160 

436 

June 

3,920 

164 

6,160 

2  120 

16 

2  690 

1  620 

108 

July  

2,430 

466 

1,070 

2,720 

462 

0 

964 

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August 

2,910 

118 

100 

225 

104 

o 

1  070 

800 

September  

130 

1,920 

78 

49 

943 

632 

224 

October 

742 

4,580 

o20 

11 

o 

277 

13 

November  

209 

2,950 

a  197 

160 

41 

337 

78 

Dfirp.mbfir 

619 

2,480 

380 

355 

164 

313 

184 

The  year 

797 

3,060 

1  330 

332 

669 

901 

278 

Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January 

280 

274 

636 

594 

986 

710 

551 

February  .  .  . 

395 

329 

1,150 

715 

1,220 

834 

691 

March 

761 

99 

3,540 

925 

1  500 

1  260 

993 

April... 

1,680 

0 

4,700 

2,740 

3,740 

2,080 

2,360 

May. 

5,180 

0 

15,600 

8,140 

6  000 

2  690 

4  680 

June  I  

. 

11,100 

0 

12,000 

5,800 

8,810 

1,520 

4,000 

July 

1,270 

171 

582 

3,920 

5  350 

796 

1  300 

August  

50 

910 

327 

703 

2,690 

1,560 

826 

September 

24 

752 

89 

429 

2  700 

163 

626 

October  

9 

7,530 

120 

1,150 

1,050 

45 

1,200 

November 

93 

870 

713 

1,310 

949 

503 

647 

December  

307 

679 

559 

1,400 

727 

625 

676 

The  year  

1,760 

968 

3,340 

2,150 

2,980 

1,070 

1,550 

a  Approximate. 
SACRAMENTO  RIVER  NEAR  RED  BLUFF,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Sacramento  River  at  Iron 
Canyon,  near  Red  Bluff,  Cal.,  from  July  3,  1905,  to  March  23,  1907. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  at  Jellys  Ferry,  12  miles  above  Red  Bluff,  April  30,  1895,  and 
moved  to  a  point  in  Iron  Canyon,  4  miles  above  Red  Bluff,  in  1902. 
The  drainage  area  at  the  upper  point  wis  9,130  square  miles  and  at  the 
lower  point  9,300  square  miles.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station 
have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports:0 

Annual  Reports:  18,  IV,  pp.  365-369;  19,  IV,  pp.  509-510;  20,  IV,  pp.  63,  527; 

21,  IV,  pp.  446-447;  22,  IV,  p.  462. 
Bulletin:  140,  pp.  250-252,  254. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  89;  16,  pp.  185-186;  28,  pp.  177,  182,  185-186;  38, 

pp.  387-389;  39,  p.  455;  51,  pp.  450-451;  52,  p.  523;  66,  pp.  142-143, 167, 177; 

75,  p.  210;  81,  pp.  191-198;  85,  pp.  137-141;  100,  pp.  278-280;   134,  pp. 

118-122;  177,  pp.  128-130;  213,  pp.  101-102;  251,  pp.  154-157. 


o  See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  99. 


SACEAMENTO  KIVER. 


107 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Sacramento 
River  at  Iron  Canyon,  near  Red  Bluff,  Cal. 

[Drainage  area,  9,300  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

"O 

P 

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Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

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1,940 
2,690 
2,200 
1,960 
2,330 
1,880 
2,180 
1.500 
1,560 
1,930 
1,800 
2,750 
2,000 
1,980 
1,840 
2,000 
1,880 
1,950 
1,970 
2,090 
2,740 
2,550 
2,020 
2,290 
1,690 
11,500 
4,400 
5,560 
4,870 
4.790 
9,830 
9,230 
6,590 
11,100 
11,300 
17,400 
9,730 
8,370 
6,800 
5,930 
9,090 
5,410 
5,070 
4,330 
8,870 
10,400 
6,400 
4,770 
3,010 
2,980 
3,470 
2.620 
2,580 
2,690 
2,300 
2,440 
2,450 

1,610 
1,500 
1,92C 
1,680 
1,660 
2,060 
1,560 
2,360 
1,850 

1905-1907. 
July  3,  6,  7,  8... 

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57 
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74 
73 
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83 
29 
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65 
85 
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85 
82 
88 
80 
83 
94 
86 
85 
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13 
11 
19 
15 
11 
8 
11 
11 
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14 
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12 
13 
7 
12 
13 
14 
10 
7 
18 
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11 
14 
16 
12 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
11 
14 
16 
17 
10 
10 
10 
10 
5 
2 
5 
5 
10 
10 
5 
10 
10 
10 
5 
10 
5 
10 
10 
5 
5 
10 
14 

11 
9 
5 
55 

8 
8 
4 
9 
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56 
14 
8 
6 
0 
8 
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16 
0 
148 
116 
0 
48 
0 
32 
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22 
2 
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24 
0 
0 
40 
22 
118 
294 
8 
0 
8 
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140 
22 
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82 
0 
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74 
54 
26 
38 
16 
46 
40 
30 
16 
72 
42 
14 
0 
4 
0 

18 
14 
0 
18 
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0 
36 
22 
58 

112 
160 
146 
140 
168 
138 
158 
110 
114 
140 
130 
198 
144 
142 
132 
142 
126 
126 
120 
134 
174 
144 
122 
150 
78 
88 
114 
202 
204 
84 
92 
102 
96 
118 
120 
88 
86 
126 
126 
106 
180 
120 
134 
96 
104 
152 
122 
116 
92 
106 
138 
120 
132 
146 
134 
146 
146 

96 
92 
118 
104 
102 
130 
100 
148 
116 

1.8 
1.7 
1.5 
1.3 
1.3 
1.2 
1.2 
1.2 
1.2 
1.3 
1.3 
1.3 
1.3 
1.3 
1.3 
1.4 
1.4 
1.5 
1.6 
1.6 
1.6 
1.8 
1.7 
1.5 
2.3 
10.8 
4.2 
3.0 
2.6 
5.8 
10.0 
8.8 
7.1 
8.9 
8.8 
15.3 
10.3 
6.8 
5.7 
5.9 
5.4 
4.9 
4.4 
4.8 
8.2 
6.8 
5.6 
4.5 
3.6 
3.1 
2.7 
2.4 
2.1 
1.9 
1.8 
1.7 
1.7 

1.7 
1.6 
.6 
.6 
.6 
.6 
.5 
.6 
.6 

6,430 
6,230 
5,570 
5,170 
5,130 
5,050 
5,050 
5,050 
5,050 
5,100 
5,120 
5,150 
5,150 
5,170 
5,170 
5,370 
5,530 
5,750 
6,080 
5,780 
5,840 
6,560 
6,130 
5,650 
8,040 
48,500 
14,300 
10,200 
8,840 
21,100 
39,600 
33,500 
25,400 
34,700 
35,000 
73,100 
41,900 
24,600 
20,000 
20,700 
18,700 
16,700 
14,000 
16,700 
31,600 
25,400 
19,400 
15,200 
12,100 
10,400 
9,310 
8,080 
7,250 
6,810 
6,360 
6,190 
6,230 

6,190 
6,020 
6,020 
6,000 
6,020 
5,860 
6,780 
5,900 
5.900 

973 
236 
120 
84 
0 
109 
82 
218 
0 
2,020 
1,600 
0 
668 
0 
447 
203 
328 
31 
66 
375 
0 
0 
662 
336 
2,560 
38,500 
309 
0 
191 
9,240 
15,000 
1,990 
6,180 
7,690 
0 
24,900 
5,660 
1,200 
0 
2,690 

July  9  10  11   13  14,  15 

July  10,  17,  Augusts,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,12. 
August  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

August  20,  21,  23,  24,  25,  26  

August  27,  28,  31,  September  1,  2  
September  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16.... 
September  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23.... 
September  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30.  ... 
October  1234567 

Octobers,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

October  13   14  15  16  17,  18  19      " 

October  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28    .... 

October  29,  30,  31,  November  1,  2,  3,  4. 
November  5  6  7  8  9  11 

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18.... 
November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  .  ... 
November  26,  27,  28,  29,  December  1,2. 
December  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

December  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  
December  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  
December  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30  
December  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  "5,  6.. 
January  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

January  14,  15,  15,  17,  18,  19,  20  

January  21,  22,  23,  24,  25.  26,  27 

January  28,  29,  30,  31,  February  1,  2,  3. 
February  4,  5,  6,  8,  10 

February  11,  12,  14,  15,  17  

February  18,  19,  20,  21,  23,  24  
February  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1,  2,  3.. 
March  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16. 

March  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  
March  25,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  

April  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7 

Aprils,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  

April  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21 

April  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28  

April  29,  30,  May  1,  2,  3,  4,  5 

May  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

0 

2,800 
2,430 
2,220 
2,510 
839 
1,890 
1,310 
842 
402 
1,570 
822 
258 
0 
67 
0 

301 

227 
0 
291 
162 
0 
562 
350 
924 

May  13,  14,  15,  17,  18,  19 

May  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26  

Mav  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  June  2  
June  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

June  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16... 
June  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

June  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30 

Julv  1,2,3,4,5,  6,  7  

July  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14 

Julv  15,  16,  17,  19,20,21  

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28. 

July  29,  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4  

August  5,  6,  7,  8,  10,  11  

August  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  

August  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25 
August  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Septem- 
ber 1 

September  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

September  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  
September  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22.... 
September  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29.  ... 
September  30,  October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6. 
October  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13 

October  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20  

October  21,  22.  23.  24.  25.  26.  27... 

108        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Sacramento 
River  and  Iron  Canyon,  near  Red  Bluff,  Cal. — Continued. 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

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October  28,  29,  30,  31,  November  1,  2,3 

0 

82 

10 

52 

116 

1.6 

6,020 

845 

1,870 

November  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  

0 

78 

9 

0 

138 

2.2 

7,640 

0 

2,850 

November  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

0 

79 

11 

48 

96 

.8 

6,380 

825 

1,650 

November  18,  19,  20,  21.  22,  23,  24.  ... 

0 

81 

10 

30 

78 

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6,190 

502 

1,310 

November  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  De- 

cember 1  

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83 

11 

16 

64 

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6,  170 

266 

1,070 

December  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8 

o 

77 

10 

50 

60 

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6,720 

907 

1*090 

December  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

o 

50 

10 

104 

84 

17'  400 

4,880 

3^  950 

December  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22... 

0 

58 

11 

14 

100 

2^6 

8,870 

'336 

2!  400 

December  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

0 

57 

10 

32 

148 

7.3 

28,800 

2,490 

11,500 

December  30,  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5. 

0 

56 

8 

56 

136 

7.2 

27,300 

4,120 

10,000 

January  6.  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

o 

53 

11 

50 

100 

5.6 

19,  300 

2,  610 

5,210 

January  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19 

o 

69 

13 

50 

110 

4.  1 

13,300 

1  800 

3,  950 

January  20,  21,  23,  24,  25,  26  

o 

71 

11 

58 

106 

4.  1 

13  400 

2'  100 

3^830 

Januarv27,  28,  29,  30,  31  February  1,  2 
February  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9  

0 
0 

47 
44 

8 
8 

70 
222 

58 
68 

12.2 
16.2 

54,200 
79.900 

10^200 
47,800 

8,500 
14,600 

February  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16... 
February  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

0 
0 

62 
62 

8 
10 

54 
54 

78 
86 

7.1 

6.4 

25,400 
22,300 

3,700 
3,250 

5,350 
5,180 

February  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1,  2. 

0 

64 

8 

154 

70 

9.2 

35,700 

14,800 

6,750 

March  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  8  9 

o 

57 

5 

80 

46 

7.3 

26,  100 

5,  640 

3  240 

March  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16 

o 

62 

10 

64 

106 

8  2 

•*n  mn 

5  280 

8,  760 

March  17,  18,  19,  20.  21.  22,  23  

0 

48 

5 

480 

102 

21.3    122^000 

158JOOO 

33!  600 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Sacramento  River  at  Iron  Canyon. 

near  Red  Bluff,  Cal. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

| 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

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27 
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148 
144 
141 
135 
127 
114 
138 
93 
102 
123 
122 
120 
132 
136 
128 
134 
116 
126 
118 
110 
114 

14 
17 
13 
14 
13 
13 
14 
16 
12 
11 
15 

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13 
13 

6.2 
5.8 
5.5 
6.2 
5.6 

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5.5 
5.3 
5.9 
5.4 
4.8 
5.4 
6.4 
5.6 

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14 
13 
13 
14 
11 
11 
12 
8.0 
16 
10 
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16 
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85 

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63 
65 
57 
51 
75 
67 
44 
69 
61 
67 
62 
62 
58 
67 
47 
50 
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9.7 
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3.8 

8.8 
8.5 
13 
12 
16 
12 
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8.5 

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10 
12 
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August  20-Septeml>er  16  

September  17-Octol>er  14 

28 
27 
28 
28 
23 
26 
28 
27 

.0 
+    4.3 
+    5.5 
+    3.3 
+    2.5 
-    2.1 
-6.2 

October  13-  November  11  

December  10-  January  6 

January  7-  February  3  

February  4-March  3.  . 

March  5-31  . 

April  1-28 

April  29-May  26 

May27-June23  

27 
27 
27 

-    3.3 

June  24-July  21  
July  23-August  18 

August  19-September  15 

28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
27 
28 
21 

+    9.4 

+  "6."4" 
+    3.0 

+  "6."8" 
+  12.0 

September  16-October  13  
October  14-  November  10. 

11 
13 
12 
12 
14 

a9 

6.9 
6.5 
5.9 
5.5 
5.6 

13 
13 

'13'" 
14 
16 

15 
14 
17 
15 
17 
16 

9.0 
8.6 
8.0 

11 
9.1 
8.8 

November  11-December  8  
December  9-January  5  
January  6-  February  2.  . 

February  3-March  2 

March  3-23  

Mean 

5.2 

125 

13 

5.9 

13 

.39 

61 

13 

9.7 

.07 

i  Sodium  is  90  per  cent  and  potassium  is  13  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


SACRAMENTO   RIVEE.  109 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Sacramento  River  near  Red  Bluff,  Cal. 


Month. 

IV'.-.." 

1896.a 

1896.6 

1897.& 

1898.  & 

1899.& 

1900.6 

19OT.& 

47,300 

51,700 

46,200 

14,300 

6,120 

13,500 

30,700 

21,000 

I'll.  NX) 

15,200 

15,500 

36,  100 

12,500 

6,650 

11,700 

34,100 

March                   

32.500 

•2;>,~M) 

24.  KM) 

•Jl.SOO 

9,740 

LU'.MX) 

23,300 

20,600 

\prii                             

29,600 

30,700 

•J.-),S()() 

22.SOO 

6,870 

10,800 

12,100 

10,900 

May                             

30.200 

35,000 

30,900 

13,700 

6,630 

6,910 

9,570 

9,800 

12.  MM) 

13,  600 

14,200 

7,620 

6,670 

6,200 

5,480 

5,600 

Julv 

7,240 

6,910 

7,590 

5,700 

,700 

4,530 

4,210 

4,360 

\uuust           

6,060 

5,740 

6,390 

4,780 

.2X0 

8,990 

3,800 

3,850 

Soptoinl)er               

6,320 

5,700 

6,200 

4,600 

,2M) 

3,980 

3,980 

3,920 

()ctol>er                                           

5,990 

5,730 

6,160 

4,9(50 

,630 

5,000 

6,380 

4,190 

6,050 

11,300 

12,000 

5,590 

,780 

14,500 

8,200 

7,740 

Deceni  '  HT                             

10,100 

33,300 

22,300 

7,790 

4,990 

14,500 

15,600 

12,100 

18  400 

20,000 

18,100 

12,500 

6,350 

9,300 

11,200 

11,500 

Month. 

1902.  c 

1903.  c 

1904.  c 

1905.  c 

1906.  c 

1907.  c 

1908.  c 

Mean. 

&5,380 

25,600 

11,500 

31,800 

14,700 

21,500 

21,000 

24,100 

09,200 

17,200 

40,300 

26,800 

23,200 

45,400 

23,500 

26,  700 

March                        

27,400 

31,000 

73,300 

30,900 

42,500 

55,700 

15.000 

30,300 

\pril                                            

22,000 

18,800 

38,900 

18,700 

26,300 

32,200 

12,000 

21,200 

May                                             

17,800 

10,900 

25,100 

12,800 

19,400 

15,400 

10,900 

17,000 

June                                

10,000 

6,970 

12,400 

8,620 

18,100 

12,200 

7,720 

9,880 

July 

6,190 

5,590 

8,660 

6,080 

8,530 

7,500 

5,540 

6,220 

August                         

5,670 

4,900 

6,350 

5,250 

6,330 

6,170 

4,710 

5,220 

5,010 

4,810 

6,530 

5,000 

6,020 

5,710 

4,570 

5,120 

Octol>er 

5  930 

5  350 

11,000 

5,100 

5,870 

5,750 

5,160 

5,820 

November                                 

19,800 

22,  000 

8,930 

5,620 

6,  570" 

6,100 

6,050 

9,680 

17  500 

13,100 

13,900 

6,100 

15,400 

11,600 

6,420 

13,600 

The  year 

17,600 

13,900 

21,900 

13,600 

16,100 

18,800 

10,200 

14,600 

a  At  Red  Bluff. 

6  At  Jellys  Ferry,  12  miles  above  Red  Bluff. 

c  At  Iron  Canyon,  4  miles  above  Red  Bluff. 

SACRAMENTO  RIVER  AT  SACRAMENTO,  CAL, 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Sacramento  River  at  Sacra- 
mento, Cal.,  from  May  29  to  December  29,  1905.  A  gaging  station 
is  maintained  on  the  Sacramento  River  at  Sacramento,  and  daily 
gage  heights  are  published  by  the  United  States  Weather  Bureau. 
United  States  Geological  Survey  Water-Supply  Paper  134,  pages 
146  and  147,  contains  daily  gage  heights  and  turbidity  for  1904, 
and  Water-Supply  Paper  177,  page  131,  contains  gage  heights  for 
the  first  half  of  1905.  The  monthly  discharge  of  Sacramento  River 
at  Collinsville,  Cal.  (about  one-quarter  greater  than  the  discharge 
at  Sacramento),  from  1878  to  1884  is  contained  in  Water-Supply 
Paper  81,  pages  188-190. 

Additional  information  in  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
Sacramento  River  at  Sacramento  is  contained  in  Water-Supply 
Paper  237,  "Quality  of  California  surface  waters,"  pages  30-32. 


110        SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses  and  gage  heights  for  Sacramento  River  at  Sacramento,  Col. 
[Drainage  area,  25,000  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean 

gage 
height 
(feet). 

Carbon- 
ate 
radicle 
(C03). 

Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC03). 

Chlorine 
radicle 
(Cl). 

Suspend- 
ed matter 
(Sm). 

Dissolved 
solids 
(Ds). 

1905. 
May  29  June  123 

0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
32 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

56 
41 
67 
56 
69 
80 
85 
98 
78 

102 
90 
97 
98 
82 
82 
86 

8 
9 
13 
12 
13 
12 
13 
19 
20 

14 
21 
11 
7 
18 
11 
12 

198 
72 
124 
318 
146 
142 
186 
212 
116 

130 
128 
56 
134 
38 
10 
70 

130 
64 
102 
118 
96 
110 
110 
100 
148 

156 
"106 
134 
84 
120 
200 
212 

17.4 
16.3 
15.5 
13.7 
11.9 
10.7 
9.9 
9.2 
8.5 

7.3 
6.5 
6.5 
6.6 
7.2 
6.9 
7.4 

June  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10           

June  12,  13  14,  15,  16,  17 

June  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  

June  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1 

July  3,  5,  6,  7,  8  

July  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15  

July  17   18,  19  20,  21,  22 

July  24  25  26  27  28  29 

July  31,  August  2,  3,  September  5,  6,  7,  8, 
9  10  11   12 

September  13,  14,  15,  16,  19,  20,  21  

September  22,  28,  October  5,  13,  26,  27  
October  30,  November  1,  3,  20,  21,  22,  23.  .. 
December  1,  2,  5,  6,  7,  9 

December  12,  13,  15,  19  

December  20,  21,  22,  29 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Sacramento  River  at  Sacramento, 

Cal. 


2 

s 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

ft 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

i 

1 

fa 

I 

'(8OOH) 

d 

*O 

If 

0 

| 

§« 

I 

1 

O3- 
<a 

O 

X 

1 

i 

|s 

1 

! 

II 

£3  D 

1 

| 

a 
I 

S 
2 

3 
fe 

i 

s 

8 

1 

3s 

a 

B 

5 

2 
o 

2 

1905. 

May  29-June  24 

24 

97 

16 

6.1 

3.8 

55 

14 

11 

0  04 

June  26-July  22 

23 

+9.  1 

134 

16 

6  1 

18 

00 

64 

18 

12 

07 

July  24-October  27 

26 

+6.4 

149 

15 

6.2 

15 

.00 

67 

14 

9.4 

.12 

October  30-December  29  

21 

+8.4 

110 

17 

7.3 

19 

.00 

78 

17 

10 

.28 

Mean 

8.0 

122 

16 

6.4 

17 

.95 

66 

16 

11 

.13 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Sacramento  River  near  Collinsville,a  Cal. 


Month. 

1878. 

1879. 

1880. 

1881. 

1882. 

1883. 

1884. 

Mean. 

January 

12  000 

28  000 

95  000 

24  000 

12  000 

12  000 

30  500 

February  

30,000 

21,000 

115,000 

22,000 

17,000 

24,000 

:W  L>(X) 

March 

110  000 

22  000 

77  000 

55  000 

21  000 

80  000 

GO  800 

April 

110  000 

95  000 

90  000 

90  000 

73  000 

105  000 

<i:{  six) 

Mav 

75,000 

135,  000 

70,000 

92  (XX) 

80  000 

111,000 

w  six) 

45  000 

1  10  IKK) 

25  000 

74  000 

32  000 

90  000 

I.'1  71  K) 

July  

It),  000 

53,000 

14,000 

17,000 

12,000 

31,000 

!':{.,  si  K) 

A  ugust 

8,500 

18  000 

8  000 

8  000 

7  000 

12  000 

10  200 

September  

6,500 

9,000 

6,500 

6,500 

6,500 

7,500 

7,100 

October 

8.000 

7,500 

7,000 

10  000 

7,000 

8,000 

7  nm 

November 

8  000 

7  500 

7  000 

8  200 

14  000 

7  500 

8  700 

December 

9  000 

27  000 

20  000 

16  000 

11  000 

7  400 

15  100 

The  year.  

38,000 

43,800 

44,300 

35,300 

23,500 

37,700 

Authority,  state  engineer. 


SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN   UNITED   STATES.    Ill 
SALMON  CREEK  NEAR  MALOTT,  WASH. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Salmon  Creek  at  the  Jones 
house,  near  Malott,  Wash.,  from  May  23,  1905,  to  January  13,  1906. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  near  Malott,  April  11,  1903.  Stream-flow  data,  including 
gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station 
have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports:  ° 

Water  Supply  Papers:  100,  pp.  389-392;  135,  pp.  $3-65;  178,  pp.  32-34;  214, 
p.  33;  252,  pp.  122-124. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Salmon  Creek 
at  Jones  house,  near  Malott,  Wash. 

[Drainage  area,  150  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

f 

1 

I? 

r 

I 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

t~ 

«>o 
"So 

* 

o 

V 

1 

!! 

§| 
| 
O 

L 

*&  fl 
—  'f. 

U 
I 

1 
P 

|3 
I 

1 
•i 

I   . 
3 

1905-6. 
May  23,  24,  26,  27  

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
13 

98 
85 
67 
72 
75 
93 
99 
102 
116 
118 
114 
112 
124 
116 
118 
129 
123 
132 
132 
99 
122 
116 

10 
4 
4 
6 
5 
7 
10 
8 
11 
3 
.13 
6 
4 
6 
6 
8 
7 
-7 
7 
11 
11 
11 

90 
214 
18 
52 
10 
46 
12 
6 
14 
14 
16 
38 
30 
8 
36 
24 
46 
18 
30 
4 
68 
58 

204 
130 
108 
170 
130 
156 
266 
218 
196 
202 
216 
170 
236 
212 
222 
274 
230 
216 
246 
254 
242 
194 

1.8 
2.1 
.8 
.7 
.5 
.3 
.1 
.0 
0.9 
1.1 
1.0 
0.8 
0.7 
0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.7 
0.6 
0.7 
0.7 
0.7 

165 
208 
188 
143 
92 
67 
38 
29 
26 
39 
29 
20 
13 
19 
17 
15 
16 
12 
10 
14 
14 
15 

40 
118 
9 
20 
2 
8 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
2 

0 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
0 
3 
2 

91 
72 
55 
66 
32 
28 
27 
17 
14 
21 
17 
9 
8 
11 
10 
11 
10 
7 
7 
10 
9 
8 

May  28  29  30  31,  June  1,  2,  3. 

June  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

June  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  July  7,  8. 

July  10  11   12  13  14  15 

July  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  ... 

July  23  24  25  26,  27  28  29 

July  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  ..   . 

August  6  8,  9,  10,  11,  12 

August  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  

August  20,  21,  26,  27,  28,  29,  31 

September  1,  2,  3,  4,  6,  12,  14,  15  
September  15,  16,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25.  ... 
September  26  27,  28,  29  30 

October  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18... 

November  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

November  12,  13,  14,  16,  17,  18  
November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23. 

November  27,  28,  December  1,  2,  4,  5,  7 
December  8,  9,  12,  13,  15,  16 

December  17,  18,  25,  26,  27,  28,  30  
December  31,  January  7,  8,  10,  12.  13. 

o  See  also  Fifth  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  245. 


112       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 

Relativ.  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Salmon  Creek  at  Jones  house, 

near  Malott,  Wash. 


1 

i 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

I 
•s 

i  solids  (Ds) 
ms  per  liter) 

t 

"3 

il 

6 

I 

I 

6 

S 

fc 

1 

03 

II 

| 

§E 

1 

1 

! 

1 

P 

O 

w1™^ 

'o 

-2. 

05 

o 

s 

& 

i 

5 

"3 

a 

&* 

1 

s 

1 

1 

2 

1905-6. 

May  23-July  8  

24 

+10.1 

124 

19 

48 

14 

0.00 

60 

19 

5.6 

0.07 

July  10-August  5 

27 

+  4.9 

156 

16 

4.4 

olO 

.00 

57 

18 

5.0 

.08 

August  6-September  15  

27 
24 

+  9.3 

211 

207 

22 
23 

5.2 

9.9 
11 

.00 
.00 

56 

59 

27 
32 

5.2 
6.8 

.10 
.02 

September  15-November  11  

November  12-December  16  i      24 

+  6.8 

224 

21 

4.1 

10 

.00 

54 

26 

5.8 

December  17-January  7  12 

240 

25 

4.6 

9.2 

.00 

52 

29 

.00 

Mean 

7.8 

194 

21 

4.6 

11 

.00 

56 

25 

5.7 

.05 

a  Sodium  is  88  per  cent  and  potassium  is  16  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Salmon  Creek  near  Malott,  Wash. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January                                                  

15 

15 

13 

9 

10 

12 

February 

14 

14 

12 

9 

9 

12 

March                                   

16 

36 

16 

11 

16 

19 

April 

041 

224 

88 

70 

35 

36 

82 

May 

124 

332 

146 

109 

214 

125 

175 

June 

170 

195 

215 

158 

166 

131 

173 

July           .               

38 

51 

85 

44 

43 

20 

47 

August 

24 

20 

30 

12 

26 

22 

22 

September  

23 

15 

16 

8 

17 

8 

14 

October 

24 

20 

18 

10 

12 

9 

16 

November  

22 

19 

14 

20 

13 

14 

17 

December 

21 

017 

13 

11 

11 

8 

14 

The  year 

78 

58 

40 

47 

34 

50 

a  Approximate. 
SALT  RIVER  NEAR  ROOSEVELT,  ARIZ. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Salt  River  at  a  dam  site 
near  Roosevelt,  Ariz.,  from  April  9,  1905,  to  April  23,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  on  Salt  River  at  the  reservoir  site  February  7,  1901,  and  was 
discontinued  December  9,  1907.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station 
have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : a 

Water-Supply  Papers:  66,  pp.  99-100;  73,  pp.  26-29;  75,  p.  178;  85,  pp.  25-29; 
100,  pp.  42-45;  133,  pp.  212-214;  175,  pp.  173-177;  211,  pp.  130-133;  249, 
pp.  183-186. 


a  See  also  First  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  93. 


SALT   RTVEE. 


113 


Information  relative  to  the  quality  of  Salt  River  near  McDowell; 
Ariz.,  below  the  mouth  of  Verde  River  is  contained  in  Bulletin  44, 
University  of  Arizona  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  "The  river 
irrigating  waters  of  Arizona,"  by  R.  H.  Forbes,  1902. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Salt  River 
at  dam  site  near  Roosevelt,  Ariz. 

[Drainage  area,  5,760  square  miles.] 


Dates. 


1905-C. 


April9-14 6  126 

April  17-22 0  117 

April  24,  25,  26 0  102 

May  2,  3,  4,  5 0  112 

JuneS,  9, 10 0  128 

June  13,  19,  21,  23,  July  22,  24 10  232 

July  25,  26,  26,  29 15  218 

July  30-August  5 0  229 

August6-12 0  238 

August  18,  19,  21,  23,  24,  25 0  213 

August  27, 28, 30,  September  5, 14, 16, 

18 10  201 

October  10, 11,  November  5-9 6  212 

November  10, 11, 13-18 15  214 

November  20-25 0  194 

November  26, 27, 29, 30,  December  1,2.  0  133 

December  4,  6,  21,  22,  23 0 

January  17, 18, 20, 22-25 0  172 

January  26, 27, 29,  February  6-10 0  193 

February  12-17 0  132 

February  19-24 0 

February  25-28,  March  1-3 9  106 

March  13, 14, 15, 16 0  138 

March  19-24 0  133 

March  27-31 0  101 

April  9-14 0 

April  16-21 19  54 

April  23 0  112 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 


So 
jl 

.2 

M 


29 

48 

32 

43 

105 

542 

524 

355 

528 

439 

423 

417 

424 

345 

49 

211 

181 

218 

122 

124 

126 

58 

77 

34 

53 

65 

55 


6,270 
532 

1,290 
588 
334 
536 

2,750 

2,850 
930 

6,940 

972 
1,940 

270 

926 
2,830 

180 

226 
58 

162 

134 

40 

1,540 

140 
1,140 

190 
78 

180 


262 

242 

176 

228 

352 

1,230 

1,150 

830 

1,160 

1,080 

1,040 
1,060 
1,010 
874 
262 
596 
496 
674 
388 
412 
386 
310 
310 
196 
270 
252 
300 


16.0 

9.9 

11.6 

10.3 

9.2 

5.4 

5.1 

5.0 

4.8 

5.5 

4.7 
4.7 
4.4 
6.1 

11.9 
7.3 
7.9 
6.8 
7.5 
7.1 
7.2 

15.0 
9.3 

12.4 

10.0 
9.3 
9.3 


22,800 

8,790 

12,200 

8,650 

5,470 

909 

804 

634 

562 

882 

518 

803 

596 

1,790 

22,800 
1,710 
2,040 
1,170 
2,120 
1,470 
1,520 

21,900 
4,030 

14,500 
5,780 
4,130 
3,840 


Solids  (tons  per 
day). 


386,000 

12,600 

42, COO 

13,700 

4,430 

1,320 

5,970 

4,870 

1,410 

16,500 

1,360 

4,200 
435 

4,480 

174,000 

832 

1,250 
183 
928 
532 
164 
91,000 

1,520 
44,500 

2,970 
870 

1,870 


16,100 
5,750 
5,800 
5,320 
5,200 
3,000 
2,500 
1,420 
1,760 
2,580 

1,450 
2,300 
1,620 
4,220 

16,100 
2,750 
2,730 
2,130 
2,220 
1,630 
1,590 

18,300 
3,380 
7,680 
4,220 
2,810 
3,110 


81210°— WSP  274—11- 


114       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Relative   amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Salt  River  at  dam  site  near 

Roosevelt,  Ariz. 


I 

I 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

£? 

1 

•3 

'f  — 

"3" 
o. 

'So 

a 

Is 

ll 

6 
o 

late(HCOs). 

O 

ra_ 

5 

0 

fe 

. 

>  M 

g 

•53 

an 

a 

8 

OS 

^ 

S 

g 

0 

1H 

~ 

S 

3   H 

.8 

I 

o 

H 

5 

0 

jj 

5W 

o 

oq 

o 
cc 

g 

g 

1905-6. 

April9-May5  

18 

236 

0.00 

53 

11 

16 

0.11 

June  8-  August  5 

20 

854 

4.0 

o20 

.00 

26 

.01 

August  6-November  9  

27 
25 

+3.6 
-2.6 

1,070 
676 

8.7 
8.9 

2.0 
2.4 

28 
22 

.00 
.00 

21 
27 

6.7 
8.1 

42 
38 

.00 
.03 

November  10-December  23  

January  17-March  16 

25 

—3  0 

496 

11 

2  8 

20 

.00 

33 

10 

34 

01 

February  19-March  3  

13 

+2.5 

401 

11 

4.0 

22 

.00 

38 

11 

31 

.00 

March  19-  April  23  

18 

266 

4.1 

20 

.00 

45 

12 

26 

.02 

April  16-21  

6 

+1.8 

271 

13 

4.1 

18 

.00 

44 

10 

26 

.01 

Mean  

2.7 

534 

11 

3.3 

21 

.00 

36 

9.8 

30 

.02 

o  Sodium  is  96  per  cent  and  potassium  is  5.2  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Salt  River  near  Roosevelt,  Ariz. 


Month. 

1888.0 

1889.o 

1890.0 

1891.o 

1892.o 

1893.o 

1894.o 

1895. 

1896.o 

1897. 

1898.  c 

January  

2,090 

2,590 

1,780 

352 

286 

303 

c5,390 

447 

o2,  650 

338 

February 

1,300 

5,050 

19,400 

6221 

747 

288 

cl  370 

393 

o970 

587 

March  

4,900 

3,600 

2,770 

6230 

7,730 

760 

cl,740 

844 

o2,160 

688 

April... 

2,860 

1,320 

1,920 

6315 

1,040 

616 

cl,710 

941 

c4,280 

757 

Mav 

790 

695 

1  830 

6365 

602 

271 

c673 

485 

cl  HO 

448 

June  

296 

322 

842 

6110 

143 

166 

«309 

204 

c358 

237 

July 

257 

272 

388 

189 

279 

148 

olCO 

779 

c!75 

408 

August  

161 

192 

1,790 

261 

186 

753 

412 

o440 

797 

c410 

385 

September 

161 

240 

1,080 

378 

157 

508 

280 

o242 

534 

c673 

338 

October 

146 

194 

1  220 

227 

196 

331 

213 

o857 

398 

0549 

156 

November. 

379 

259 

2,120 

230 

231 

266 

207 

o764 

443 

c273 

202 

December 

3  010 

2  560 

2  820 

295 

253 

283 

397 

o603 

317 

o270 

300 

The  year 

1  420 

1  910 

2  530 

234 

1  080 

338 

1  190 

548 

1  160 

404 

Month. 

1899.0 

1900.0 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

Mean, 
1901- 
1907. 

January  

356 

234 

582 

189 

207 

221 

1,610 

1,470 

3,410 

1,290 

1,100 

February. 

386 

221 

2,420 

207 

318 

215 

8,210 

1,430 

2,550 

2,440 

2,190 

March  

480 

230 

1,630 

201 

600 

217 

15,300 

7,770 

3,710 

2,920 

4,200 

April.. 

536 

315 

61,050 

268 

909 

148 

12,  600 

5,080 

1,940 

2,030 

3,140 

May  

308 

866 

6735 

167 

352 

132 

4,600 

1,690 

748 

862 

1,200 

June  

204 

110 

6284 

106 

285 

80 

1,400 

667 

514 

349 

477 

July 

444 

64 

6152 

78 

142 

356 

529 

514 

428 

303 

313 

August  

671 

142 

M 

478 

411 

1,510 

600 

868 

1,300 

607 

791 

September 

298 

116 

192 

1,060 

316 

460 

722 

466 

1,130 

468 

i;->l 

October  

253 

161 

143 

131 

253 

281 

342 

300 

1,320 

184 

396 

November. 

203 

387 

189 

189 

211 

164 

6,390 

275 

HO 

713 

1,190 

December 

°195 

202 

182 

441 

208 

172 

1     !>  SO 

4  950 

6580 

986 

1  170 

The  year 

361 

212 

661 

293 

.•{.M 

330 

4  500 

2  120 

1  540 

1,110 

1,400 

o  Proportional  part  of  discharge  of  Salt  River  at  Arizona  Dam. 

6  Approximate. 

c  Proportional  discharge  of  Salt  River  at  McDowell. 


SOME   STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES.     115 
SALT  FORK  OF  RED  RIVER  NEAR  MANGUM,  OKLA. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Salt  Fork  of  Red  River  near 
Mangum,  Okla.,  from  April  11,  1905,  to  June  28,  1906.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  near 
Mangum  April  11, 1905,  and  was  discontinued  June  30, 1906.  Stream- 
flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 
Water-Supply  Papers:  173,  pp.  91-93;  209,  pp.  67-68. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Salt  Fork  of 
Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. 

[Drainage  area,  1,220  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 
§ 

a 

'O 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

1. 
jl 

1' 

si 
I 

r 

J 
o 

1. 
0 

1 

1 

^  9 

73  CQ 

3 

02 

! 

^ 

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Q 

I 
1 

a 
$ 

3 
CO 

1 

j 
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1905-6. 
April  11 

956 
1,610 
7,430 
2,840 
940 
1,330 
4,950 
82 
1,780 
7,  .560 
3,160 
426 
1,470 
72 
1,520 
6,750 
1,240 
554 
510 
500 
1,710 
1,420 
636 
584 
332 
528 
428 
560 
480 
728 
624 
284 
448 
460 
156 
200 
124 
344 
612 
672 
208 
304 
216 
260 
108 
172 
404 

1,970 
2,120 
1,050 
1,980 
1,800 
2,120 
1,480 
2,710 
1.610 
1.460 
1,520 
2,850 
1,580 
2,750 
2,010 
1,880 
1,740 
2,390 
2,310 
2,180 
1,940 
2,130 
1,890 
2,030 
2,180 
2,160 
2,180 
2,130 
2,170 
2,360 
1,950 
2,130 
2,560 
2,610 
2,380 
2,380 
2,590 
2,360 
2,360 
2,400 
2.300 
2,260 
2,240 
2,690 
2,800 
2,710 
3.040 

2.8 
3.2 
3.1 
2.2 
2.0 
2.0 
2.3 
2.3 
2.1 
2.1 
2.3 

18 
569 
330 
291 
165 
153 
185 
241 
145 
186 
319 
0 
81 
13 
216 
351 
99 
85 
85 
70 
160 
260 
160 
70 
70 
30 
30 
30 
62 
51 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
51 
40 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 

46 
2,470 
6,620 
2,240 
419 
550 
2,470 
53 
695 
3,790 
2,720 
0 
321 
3 
915 
6,400 
332 
127 
117 
95 
738 
1,000 
275 
110 
63 
43 
34 
45 
80 
100 
77 
23 
36 
57 
13 
16 
10 
28 
84 
73 
17 
25 
18 
21 
9 
14 
33 

96 
3,240 
933 
1,550 
800 
874 
742 
1,760 
629 
735 
1,340 
0 
345 
97 
1,170 
1.780 
463 
550 
530 
412 
840 
1,500 
818 
383 
412 
175 
177 
172 
353 
324 
158 
173 
208 
211 
193 
193 
210 
191 
324 
258 
187 
183 
182 
218 
227 
220 
246 

April  14,  18,  19  

11 

153 

244 

April  26 

June  6  8  9  11   I9  13 

11 
0 
0 

104 
118 
116 

218 
160 
174 

June  14,  15,  16,  17 

June  18  20  21  22  23  24 

July  25 

July  25  26  27  28  29 

16 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
17 
6 
0 
0 
13 
12 
16 
0 
0 
20 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
29 

116 
115 
114 
100 
124 
93 
138 
155 
142 
168 
165 
178 
145 
158 
170 
180 
152 
165 
170 
172 
136 
154 
172 
172 
160 
170 
153 
174 
182 
135 
172 
165 
172 
165 
172 
158 
158 
181 
162 
127 

319 
208 
139 
125 
232 
122 
212 
208 
172 
175 
215 
225 
242 
200 
213 
208 
196 
211 
214 
210 
200 
205 
222 
205 
231 
272 
266 
225 
217 
231 
217 
238 
238 
231 
231 
231 
260 
249 
251 
260 

July  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  
August  6  7  8  9  10  11,  12 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  

August  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  27,  28.... 
September  6,  7,  8,  9,  1C,  11,  12  

1.9 
1.6 
2.5 
2.6 
2.2 
2.2 
2.2 
2.5 
2.7 
2.9 
2.7 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.8 
2.7 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.7 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 

September  13,  14,  16,  24  . 

November  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16.... 
November  19,  20,  21,  23,  24,  25 

November  26,  28,  29,  30,  December  "l,  2. 
December  3,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

December  10  11 

December  22                 

December  23 

December  24                   

December  25 

December  27  

December  30 

January  1  

January  2 

January  3  

January  4 

January  5  

January  6     

January  7 

January  8  

January  9 

January  10  

January  11. 

January  12 

January  13  

January  14 

January  15  

January  16  . 

January  17 

January  18  

January  19 

January  20  

January  22  . 

January  23... 

116       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF    THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Salt  Fork  of 
Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  OTcla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

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1 

§ 

13 

s 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

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1 

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^ 

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T3 
DO 

B 

1 

5 

1905-6. 
January  24 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

191 
185 
172 
184 
164 
164 
158 
158 
166 
173 
211 
230 
210 
198 
185 
144 
146 
172 
142 
185 
198 
203 
153 
153 
153 
166 
151 
185 
172 
209 
212 
230 
198 
190 
165 
170 
175 
170 
179 
176 
190 
181 
161 
191 
172 
172 
166 
182 
177 
174 
174 
174 
171 
163 
154 
163 
147 
148 
133 
135 
176 
150 
170 
179 
140 
135 
145 
130 

271 
244 
240 
254 
235 
249 
262 
304 
189 
307 
310 
313 
254 
227 
227 
211 
209 
228 
240 
367 
346 
275 
262 
252 
257 
282 
232 
268 
251 
281 
281 
272 
279 

"208" 
219 
217 
244 
239 
250 
246 
254 
242 
233 
223 
213 
223 
264 
252 
252 
236 
232 
340 
336 
367 
329 
295 
291 
306 
303 
193 
205 
186 
193 
232 
201 
195 
273 

88 
116 
128 
84 
56 
148 
88 
348 
132 
92 
144 
336 
156 
84 
212 
904 
720 
1,190 
1,310 
556 
476 
572 
200 
248 
44 
104 
184 
240 
20 
348 
200 
252 
424 
344 
156 

3,060 
2,740 
2,690 
2,760 
2,780 
2,680 
2,670 
2,660 
2,690 
3,240 
3,650 
3,600 
3,210 
3,010 
2,810 
2.480 
2,760 
1,960 
1,990 
2,620 
2,520 
2,520 
2,400 
2,460 
2,760 
2,750 
2,730 
3,220 
3,150 
3,300 
3,250 
3,520 
3,320 
3,130 
3,290 
3,120 
3,070 
3,180 
3,430 
3,240 
3,400 
3,290 
3,300 
2,910 
2,980 
2.930 
2,920 
3,520 
3,720 
3,800 
3,300 
3,410 
3,920 
3,600 
3,540 
2,930 
2,820 
2,750 
2,950 
3,260 
2,350 
1,820 
1,870 
1,870 
2,880 
2,210 
2.780 
S.OOO 

2.5 
2.4 
2.4 
2.4 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.3 
2.8 
2.9 
2.9 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.4 
2.4 
2.3 
2.2 
2.1 
2.0 
2.0 
2.0 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.1 
2.0 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
1.9 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
2.3 
2.3 
3.5 
3.5 
3.3 
3.0 
2.9 
2.8 
2.8 
2.8 

30 
20 
21 
22 
30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
12 
12 
12 
12 
12 
12 
130 
130 
180 
180 
55 
55 
55 
26 
26 
26 
17 
8 
5 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 

0.5 
0.2 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
61 
61 
61 
61 
24 
24 
270 
270 
170 
68 
48 
48 
48 
48 

7 
6 
7 
5 
5 
12 
7 
28 
11 
3 
5 
11 
5 
3 
7 
317 
253 
579 
635 
83 
71 
85 
14 
17 
3 
5 
4 
3 
0 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 

248 
148 
153 

Si 

218 
217 
215 
218 
105 
118 
117 
104 
98 
91 
870 
966 
954 
968 
388 
373 
373 
169 
173 
193 
129 
59 
44 
26 
18 
9 
10 
9 
17 
18 
17 
17 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
9 
8 
8 
8 
8 
10 
10 
5 
2 
1 
1 
1 
583 
647 
463 
453 
191 
212 
1,710 
1,330 
856 
343 
309 
2S6 
359 
388 

January  25  

January  26 

January  27  

January  29 

January  30  

January  31 

February  2  

February  3..                 

February  5 

February  6  

February  7 

February  8  

February  9 

February  10  

February  12 

February  13 

February  14  .          

February  15 

February  19  

February  20 

February  21  

February  22 

February  23  

February  24                      

February  25  

February  26  ...  . 

February  27 

February  28  

March  2 

March  3  

M'arch  4 

March  5  

March  6 

March  7... 

March  8  

March  9 

448 
64 
168 
336 
424 
152 
152 
44 
248 
176 
160 
300 
8 
52 
600 
.     12 
456 
564 
680 
228 
444 
516 
464 
272 
7,790 
1,920 
1,590 
1,180 
308 
516 
•      200 
372 

2 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 

1 

0 
0 

1 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
112 
38 
73 
85 
30 
18 
5,670 
1,400 
728 
216 
40 
67 
26 
48 

March  10  

March  11 

March  12  

March  13  .. 

March  14 

March  15... 

March  16 

March  17  

March  18 

March  19  

March  20 

March  21 

March  22... 

March  23 

March  24  

March  25 

March  26 

March  27  

March  28 

March  29  

March  31     .  . 

April  2 

April  3  

April  5 

April  6  

April  7 

April  8 

April  10  

April  11 

April  12 

ADrill3... 

SALT  FORK   OF  RED  RIVER. 


117 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Salt  Fork  of 
Red  River  at  highway  bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

a 
1 

a 

"a 

a 

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Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

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1 

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02 

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1 

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1 
1 

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1 
1 
1 

1905-6. 
April  14... 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

138 
133 
128 
128 
140 
140 
134 
147 
153 
140 
147 
128 
140 
134 
97 
108 
108 
115 
128 
128 
102 
128 
115 
121 
121 
121 
121 
115 
96 
115 
108 
128 
128 
115 
121 
108 
108' 
128 
115 
102 
102 
102 
121 
115 
134 
108 
115 
108 
128 
115 
121 
121 
121 
108 
114 
128 
114 
114 
121 
96 
103 
102 
114 

251 
243 
213 
213 
193 
232 
232 
203 
203 
213 
222 
213 
203 
203 
136 
136 
155 
15-5 
193 
213 
77 
155 
213 
203 
184 
203 
242 
242 
58 
106 
106 
164 
184 
184 
203 
203 
164 
198 
59 

69 
59 
198 
188 
168 
149 
139 
149 
149 
188 
178 
198 
158 
178 
158 
178 
168 
178 
178 
99 
178 
178 
188 

676 
0 

2,870 
2,760 
3,040 
2,940 
3,000 
2,980 
2,940 
1,840 
1,840 
2,260 
2,  240 
2,370 
2,860 
3,000 
2,630 
•    1,900 
1,940 
1,990 
2,320 
2,420 
1,550 
1,790 
2,420 
2,360 
2,350 
2,440 
3,040 
3.070 
,660 
,120 
,410 
,860 
,730 
2,280 
2,290 
2,660 
2.730 
2,880 
1,580 
1,590 
1,460 
1,420 
2,460 
2,400 
2,760 
2,500 
2,470 
2,470 
2,480 
2,840 
2,830 
2,590 
2,520 
2,540 
2,900 
3,340 
3,260 
3,520 
3,350 
1,760 
3,560 
3,500 
3,430 

2.9 
2.9 
2.8 
2.7 
2.7 
2.7 
3.1 
3.2 
3.0 
2.9 
2.7 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
2.6 
3.0 
3.0 
3.0 
2.9 
2.9 
3.0 
3.3 
2.8 
2.7 
2.6 
2.6 
2.5 
2.4 
3.0 
3.3 
3.3 
3.0 
2.8 
2.6 
2.5 
*2.3 
2.3 
2.7 
3.5 
3.5 
3.0 
2.9 
2.8 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
3.0 
2.8 
2.8 
2.8' 
2.6 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.5 
2.6 
2.5 
2.4 
2.3 

60 
60 
48 
40 
40 
40 
97 
103 
58 
20 
20 
20 
10 
10 
10 
80 
80 
80 
60 
55 
185 
400 
95 
95 
60 
60 
36 
15 
185 
420 
420 
190 
118 
60 
36 
12 
12 
40 
450 
450 
110 
81 
60 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
110 
65 
60 
48 
16 
12 
12 
12 
12 
16 
12 
10 
8 

110 
0 

465 
446 
394 
318 
324 
322 
769 
BU 
288 
122 
121 
128 
77 
81 
71 
411 
419 
431 
376 
359 
777 
1,930 
621 
605 
380 
396 
296 
124 
830 
1,270 
1,600 
956 
551 
369 
223 
86 
88 
310 
1,920 
1,940 
433 
312 
399 
161 
186 
189 
167 
167 
167 
192 
840 
455 
410 
328 
125 
108 
106 
114 
109 
76 
115 
94 
74 

April  15 

April  16  

April  17 

36 

4 

April  18 

April  11) 

2,900 
3,110 
1,360 
1,300 
204 
216 
232 

313 
813 
379 
202 
11 
12 
13 

April  20 

April  21 

April  23 

April  24 

April  25 

April  °6 

April  28 

April  29  

May  1 

2,000 
1,340 
1,500 
1,410 
880 
852 
7,110 
2,030 
444 
320 
292 
376 
184 
184 
2,820 
4.820 
5,160 
1,500 
1,460 
852 
460 
184 
140 
1,580 
4.860 
4,120 
4,380 
4,200 
700 
412 
104 
276 
280 
316 
348 
356 
324 
384 
320 
220 

54 
288 
324 
304 
143 
127 
3,550 
2,190 
114 
82 
47 
61 
18 
7 
1,410 
5,470 
5,860 
773 
466 
138 
45 
6 
5 
171 
5,960 
5,000 
1.300 
920 
113 
28 
7 
19 
19 
21 
23 
24 
96 
67 
52 
29 

May  2... 

May  3 

Say  4... 

May5 

May  6... 

May  14 

May  15 

Mav  17                                 

May  18 

May  19                     

May  20 

May  21  

May  22 

May  23... 

May  24 

May  25... 

May  26 

May  27... 

May  28 

May  29... 

May  30 

May  31  

June  1 

June  2  

June  4  . 

June  5  

June  6               ... 

June  7 

June  8.  .          .                      . 

June  9 

June  10  

June  11 

June  12  

June  13 

June  14  

June  16 

June  17 

June  18.. 

June  19 

June  20  

June  21 

June  22  

June  23 

12 
18 
1,650 
132 
52 
172 

0 
6 
71 
4 
1 
4 

June  24  

June  25.  . 

June  26 

June  27  

June  28 

118       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Salt  Fork  of  Red  River  at  higJt  v<iy 

bridge  near  Mangum,  Okla. 


j 

Jx 

Radicl 

jsin  p 

ercent 

ofdis. 

solved 

solids. 

P< 

B-cD 

§ 

3 

A 

• 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

•gg 

1 

a 

§g 

li 

^? 
O 
O^ 

1 

03 

M 

O 

i 

O 

1 

j 

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| 

1 

1 

sa 

| 

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2 

g 

J"s 

1 

8P 

11 

^ 

e 

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o 
a 

£ 

£ 

W 

5 

0 

^ 

M  M 

O 

PQ 

02 

5 

1905-6. 

• 

April  14-June  24  

19 

1,940 

3.2 

ae 

0.00 

6.5 

53 

8.8 

0.005 

July  25-  \ugust  19 

26 

1  760 

ai 

o6.1 

.00 

4.4 

51 

9.4 

.002 

August  20-November  16 

26 

2,000 

20 

7.4 

.00 

ae 

51 

9.4 

November  19-December  11  ... 

20 

-0.9 

1,980 

17 

as 

7.1 

.00 

8.0 

51 

10 

.005 

December  22-  January  13 

19 

—1.1 

2,280 

12 

5.6 

8.3 

.00 

7.3 

47 

13 

.002 

January  14-31 

16 

+3  3 

2,540 

18 

a7 

8.2 

.00 

6.4 

51 

9.7 

.002 

February  2-28 

21 

2,740 

20 

3.6 

7.5 

.00 

5.5 

9.0 

.000 

March  2  31 

29 

3,170 

20 

3.3 

6.  1 

.00 

5.2 

52 

.000 

April  7-29                            

20 

—  .2 

2,410 

16 

3.4 

as 

.00 

6.1 

48 

8.8 

.000 

Junel  28  

26 

-  .7 

2,150 

17 

6.4 

4.7 

.00 

6.5 

62 

7.2 

.000 

Mean 

1.2 

2,300 

18 

40 

a9 

.00 

6.2 

52 

9.5 

.002 

a  Sodium  is  96  per  cent  and  potassium  is  4.8  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Salt  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Mangum,  OJcla. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

Mean. 

January                                                                            

32 

32 

48 

48 

March                                                                                     

11 

11 

April                                                                                                       

o382 

61 

222 

Mav                                                                                                            

439 

100 

270 

165 

82 

124 

July 

98 

98 

138 

138 

20 

20 

October                                                                                            

0 

0 

149 

149 

December  

86 

86 

Mean                                                                         

100 

o  April  11-30. 
SAN  FRANCISCO  RIVER  NEAR  ALMA,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  San  Francisco  River  near 
Alma,  N.  Mex.,  from  April  14,  1905,  to  April  22,  1906.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  near 
Alma,  October  18,  1904,  and  was  discontinued  December  31,  1907. 
Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge, 
for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  hi  the  following 
reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  133,  pp.  206-208;  175,  pp.  166-170;  211,  pp.  125-128; 
249,  pp.  177-180. 


SAN   FEANCISCO   RIVER, 


119 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  San  Francisco 

River  near  Alma,  N.  Mex. 

[Drainage  area,  1,800  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

Mean  discharge  (second- 
feet). 

Solids  (Ions  per 
day). 

1* 

if 

o 

cu^ 

CCJ 

ll 

Ss 

1 

1   , 

i5 

&  ** 

1   . 
11 

J. 

J 

3 
do 

i 
I 

1 

s 

1905-6. 
April  14,17,20  

0 
8 
0 

0 
10 
0 
6 
6 
20 
14 

15 
0 
0 
0 
0 
19 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
35 

150 
113 
123 

192 
230 
158 
169 
188 
166 
205 

170 

185 
208 
221 
234 
206 
221 
204 
181 
199 
482 
171 
139 
141 
147 
128 
106 
83 
99 
0 

8 
11 
50 

16 
39 
16 
60 
121 
16 
15 

12 
14 
21 
21 
14 
14 
18 
16 
14 
13 
18 
32 
64 
14 
20 
16 
29 
10 
13 
5 

1,510 
3,750 
220 

544 
8,150 
2,500 
6,100 
1,080 
2,310 
170 

1,920 
350 
344 
372 
366 
286 
234 
1,740 
570 
928 
1,390 
1,230 
1,800 
948 
976 
2,620 
666 
1,250 
1,170 
246 

282 
192 
296 

290 
338 
228 
338 
474 
272 
262 

312 

320 
270 
258 
260 
210 
262 
246 
258 
304 
274 
230 
246 
206 
182 
194 
182 
152 
146 
138 

40 
16 
2.1 

1.8 
2.0 
2.3 
2.5 
2.1 
2.3 
2.2 

2.6 
2.2 
1.7 
1.6 
1.4 
1.4 
1.5 
1.7 
1.6 
1.6 
1.8 
2.2 
2.4 
2.3 
2.1 
3.6 
2.7 
3.0 
2.5 
2.3 

1,020 
781 
43 

6 
19 
98 
75 
32 
59 
36 

127 

147 
48 
41 
28 
23 
34 
92 
58 
52 
117 
246 
325 
289 
215 
990 
420 
653 
339 
261 

4,150 
7,900 
26 

9 
418 
665 
1,240 
93 
368 
17 

658 
139 
45 
41 
28 
18 
21 
432 
89 
130 
438 
817 
1,590 
741 
567 
7,010 
755 
2,200 
1,070 
174 

775 
405 
34 

5 
17 
60 
68 
41 
43 
25 

107 
127 
35 
29 
20 
13 
24 
61 
40 
43 
87 
153 
216 
161 
106 
518 
207 
268 
134 
97 

\pril  •)3.25,27,May  10,13,16 

May  25,27,  June  16,19,21,23  
June  26,  July,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11, 

1°  13  14  15 

July  14,16,18,20,22 

August  2,  3,4,8,10,  12  

Auu'tist  21  ,  29,  31  ,  September  2,  4,  6,  8.  . 
September  10,  13,  15,  16,  17,  18  
September  30,  October  2,  4,  6,  9,  11,  13. 
October  16,  18,20  

Ociober  23,  November  8,  10,  12,  14,  16, 
18  

December  3,  5,  7,  9 

December  11  ,  13,  15,  16  

December  19,  20,  21,  22,  23 

December  2.'..  2(1.  27,  30..  . 

December  3  I.January  2,3,4,5,6  

January  7,  8,  9,  10  

January  17,  18,19,20 

January  21  ,  22,  23,  25,  26,  27  
January  28,  30,  31,  February  1,2,3  
February  4,5,6,9,10.  .. 

February  7,  8,  11,  13,  14,  15  

February  21  ,  22,  24  

February  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  1,3  
March  4,5,6,7,8,9  

March  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  

March  20,  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25. 

March  26,  27,  31... 

April  1,2,3,4,5,6  

April  10,11,12,22 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  San  Francisco  River  near 

Alma,  N.  Mex. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

W 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds) 
(milligrams  per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

"c? 

O, 

1 

O 

3 

£   • 

a£ 

T)  + 

3£ 

O 

1 

o> 

C3 

®o 

0^ 

w 

I 

I 
1 

5 
3 

O 
53 

1905-6. 
April  14-  July  15 

30 

217 
366 
278 
265 
231 
220 
202 
174 

20 
15 
12 
17 
19 
17 
23 

4.0 
13 
47 
4.2 
4.3 
5.5 
3.7 
48 

12 
17 
15 
14 
10 
12 
8.9 
9.8 

0.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

65 
52 
75 
85 
83 
72 
63 
71 

15 
10 
9.7 
6.8 
6.5 
8.2 
12 
9.2 

"is"" 

7.9 
6.0 
6.5 
8.2 
&9 
8.6 

a  14 

.07 

""."49 

.56 
2.0 
.64 
.10 

Ju}v  14-September  18 

24 
21 
19 
20 
20 
21 
10 

+5.9 
+  .3 
+11 

+2.1 
+46 
+8.2 

September  30-  December  9  
December  11-January  6  

January  7-February  3 

February  4-March  3 

March  4-31  

April  1-22 

Mean 

40 

244 

18 

43 

12 

.00 

71 

9.  7  i    9.  2 

.57 

120       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF  THE  WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  San  Francisco  River  near  Alma,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1904.a 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

January 

282 

48 

o  936 

422 

February.  .        

7<X) 

222 

572 

528 

March 

1  290 

520 

311 

707 

April  

1  220 

234 

168 

541 

May 

269 

42 

79 

130 

June  

22 

4 

34 

20 

July 

24 

30 

81 

45 

August  %  

b  161 

57 

61 

273 

138 

September 

43 

170 

54 

125 

98 

October  

138 

46 

12 

92 

72 

November 

c48 

o204 

23 

82 

89 

December  

«66 

600 

68 

245 

The  year  

370 

154 

235 

253 

a  Approximate. 


6  August  18-31. 


c  November  1-18. 


SAPELLO  RIVER  NEAR  LOS  ALAMOS,  N.  MEX. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Sapello  River  at  a  ford  near 
Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex.,  from  March  19,  1905,  to  April  5,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  near  Los.  Alamos,  N.  Mex.,  August  22,  1903.  Stream-flow 
data,  including  gage  heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  sta- 
tion have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  249-250;  131,  pp.  166-168;  173,  pp.  63-64;  209, 
p.  44;  247,  pp.  79-82. 

Partial  analyses  of  water  of  Sapello  River  at  ford  near  Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex.,  with  gage 

heights. 

[Drainage  area,  200  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean 
gage 
height 
(feet). 

Carbon- 
ate 
radicle 
(C03). 

Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC03). 

Chlorine 
radicle 
(Cl). 

Suspend- 
ed  mat- 
ter (Sm). 

Dissolved 
solids 
(Ds). 

1905-S. 
March  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24.  .  . 

0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
Trace. 
0 
5 
6 
0 
7 
7 
7 
0 
Q 
0 
0 
1 
6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
12 
11 

150 
137 
131 
123 
129 
125 
120 
110 
107 
122 
113 
124 
126 
193 
187 
184 
208 
208 
202 
198 
180 
216 
202 
185 
201 

7 
6 
6 
7 
4 
6 
4 
4 
7 
7 
7 
7 
4 
14 
21 
12 
16 
10 
14 
25 
11 
5 
9 
14 
14 

128 
188 
786 
238 
200 
4,700 
478 
248 
712 
162 
94 
112 
284 
668 
70 
16 
40 
30 
38 
604 
2,760 
82 
24 
5,710 
142 

205 
166 
162 
174 
160 
190 
142 
158 
164 
170 
170 
184 
190 
256 
278 
360 
356 
378 
322 
336 
276 
312 
316 
326 
292 

1.2 
1.2 
1.6 
l.S 
1.7 
3.0 
2.2 
1.8 
1.7 
1.7 
1.4 
1.3 
1.0 
0.6 
0.4 
0.2 
0.0 
0.1 
0.3 
0.7 
0.8 
0.4 
0.2 
0.3 
0.1 

M'trcb.26,27,28                                    .... 

^pril  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  

April  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14 

April  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  

April  23,  24,  25,  26.  27,  28,  29 

April  30  May  1,2  3,  4  5  6 

May  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  ,  12,  13. 

May  14  15  17  19  20 

May  21,22.23,25,26,27. 

May  28  29  30  31  June  1,2,  3 

June  4.  5.  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  

June  1  1,  12,  13.  14,  15,  16,  17 

June  19,  20,  21  ,  22,  23,  24  

June  25.  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  July  1 

July  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  

July  9,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15. 

July  16  17,  18  19  20  21  22 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27.  28,  29.  . 

July  30,  August  1,2,3  4,5 

August  6,  7,  8,  9,  10.  11,  12  

August  13,  14  15  16,17  18  19 

August  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  

August  27,  28,  29,  30,  September  6,  8,  9  
September  10,  11  ,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  ... 

SAPELLO   RIVER. 


121 


Partial  analyses  of  water  of  Sapello  River  at  ford  near  Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex., 

heights — Continued . 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean 
gage 
height 
(feet). 

Carbon- 
ate 
radicle 
(CO.). 

Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC08). 

Chlorine 
radicle 
(Cl). 

Suspend- 
ed mat- 
ter (Sm). 

Dissolved 
solids 
(Ds). 

1905-6. 
September  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  ,  22,  23 

0 
0 
24 
0 
3 
0 
6 
0 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
16 
9 
0 
0 
0 

248 
231 
211 
234 
285 
273 
265 
243 
220 
185 
155 
195 
185 
208 
209 
212 
201 
195 
195 
197 
195 
188 
205 
258 
196 
184 
188 
145 
144 

12 
20 
12 
16 
16 
16 
16 
13 
11 
13 
17 
11 
21 
18 
11 
7 
7 
15 
4 
10 
7 
18 
14 
21 
20 
17 
12 
10 
5 

4 
98 
14 
406 
56 
144 
2 
34 
52 
1,370 
1,500 
198 
232 
126 
104 
72 
146 
192 
98 
24 
86 
78 
48 
22 
6 
48 

364 
352 
426 
464 
512 
362 
488 
386 
420 
316 
200 
306 
268 
240 
270 
310 
260 
284 
262 
342 
264 
258 
290 
364 
292 
236 
378 
200 
210 

0.1 
0.2 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
0.4 
1.0 
0.6 
0.5 
0.5 
0.5 
0.7 
1.4 
1.2 
0.9 
0.9 
0.8 
0.8 
0.8 
0.7 
0.7 
0.8 
0.8 
1.1 
1.2 

September  24,  25,  20,  27,  28,  29,  30  

Octol>er  1  ,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6.  8 

October  7,  9,  10,  11,  14,  15,  16  

October  17,18,19,21 

October  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31  
November  1,2,3,4 

November  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18 

November  19,  20,  21  .  22,  23,  24,  25  

November  26,  27,  29,  30,  December  1  ,  2 

December  3,4,  6.  7,  8,  9  

December  10,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16 

December  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

December  24,25.26,27     . 

January  1,2,3,4,5,6  

January  7.8,9.10,11,12,13  

January  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  20  

January  21  ,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27 

January  28  29  30  31  February  123 

February  5,  6,  7,  8,  9.  10 

February  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  

February  13,  20,  22,  24 

February  26,  27,  March  1,  2,  3  

March  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10 

March  11  ,  12,  13,  14.  15,  16,  17  

March  18,20,21.22,23,24 

March  26,27,28,29,30,31  

106 
48 

April  1,2,  3,  4,  5 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Sapello  River  at  ford  near  Los 

Alamos,  N.  Mex. 


4 

fi~ 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

^  O) 

1 

onrt 
73  <3 

'So 

*-• 

. 

<v 

«• 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

£> 
•3 
•d 

1* 

'5' 

a 

sa 

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0 
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a 
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1 

0 

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Q 

| 

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i 

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g 

1 

£ 

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^ 

0 

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i 

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O 

3 

M'" 

0 

PQ 

do 

0 

fc 

1905-6. 

March  19-April  15  

21 

+4.8 

186 

18 

4.1 

14 

0.00 

72 

18 

3.8 

April  16-May  13 

28 

155 

.77 

78 

16 

2  8 

0  20 

May  14-  June  10  

25 

+7.5 

158 

25 

3.8 

13 

.00 

79 

18 

4.4 

.14 

June  11-July  8 

27 

+8.1 

251 

23 

4.4 

8.4 

.00 

72 

12 

6.4 

05 

July  9-August  5  

26 

346 

25 

3.5 

«7.5 

1.9 

27 

1.6 

.08 

August  6-September  9 

27 

304 
350 

25 

26 

3.9 
4.4 

9.2 

8.6 

.00 
.00 

73 

""si" 

2.8 
5.7 

.07 
.05 

September  10-October  8  

28 

+  .9 

October  9-November  4 

27 

—1.0 

442 

22 

3.9 

7.7 

.00 

62 

31 

4.3 

20 

November  5-December  2  

27 

+2.1 

319 

20 

3.8 

10 

.00 

63 

24 

5.3 

.08 

December  3-27  .     

22 

+2.1 

244 

24 

4.9 

7.4 

.00 

73 

23 

5.7 

.11 

January  1-27 

26 

—1  9 

264 

24 

3.8 

6  1 

oo 

71 

22 

7  6 

.05 

January  28-February  24.  .. 
Februarv  26-March  24 

23 
25 
11 

+9!l 

254 
289 
209 

"~26' 
15 

"3."  8" 
4.0 

7.5 
6.6 
19 

.00 
.00 
.00 

72 
73 
73 

27 
22 
15 

7.1 
8.3 
2.3 

.17 
.06 
.02 

March  26-April  5  

Mean 

3.8 

269 

23 

4.0 

9.6 

.19 

71 

22 

4.9 

.10 

a  Sodium  is  89  per  cent  and  potassium  is  14  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


122       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Sapello  River  near  Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex. 


Month. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

a40 

32 

27 

2 

25 

February                                      

61 

16 

32 

3 

28 

March 

120 

16 

20 

3 

40 

April 

289 

54 

15 

16 

94 

Mav 

187 

64 

64 

2 

79 

June                       

42 

25 

49 

2 

30 

JUly                                                                              .    .                    

9 

19 

15 

1 

11 

17 

8 

19 

28 

18 

8 

7 

7 

5 

7 

October                                                                        

6 

9 

2 

2 

5 

November                          -  - 

18 

12 

2 

2 

8 

December                                                           

16 

120 

2 

2 

35 

Mean                                              

68 

32, 

21 

6 

32 

o  Assumed. 
SHOSHONE  RIVER  NEAR  CODY,  WYO. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Shoshone  River  at  a  wagon 
bridge  near  Cody,  Wyo.,  from  April  2,  1905,  to  March  30,  1906.  A 
gaging  station  was  established  near  Cody  by  the  United  States  Geo- 
logical Survey  April  26,  1902.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have 
been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  84,  pp.  21-23;  99,  pp.  83-85;  130,  pp.  132-136;  172,  pp. 
113-115;  208,  pp.  103-105;  246,  pp.  194-197. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Shoshone  River 
at  wagon  bridge  near  Cody,  Wyo. 

[Drainage  area,  1,480  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

I1 

T3 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

I 

I* 

ft 

1 

i-i 

1 
!i 

'A 

^ 

I5 

1 
ts 

j! 

• 

•9 

1 

it 
1 

s 

S 
1" 

PH 
5 

4 

1 

1 
I 

1905-6. 
April  234567 

Tr. 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

100 
84 
54 
74 
77 
85 
70 
67 
66 
48 
56 
52 
37 
39 
44 
52 
53 
60 
64 
61 
70 

7 
7 
3 
3 
3 
5 
6 
4 
10 
3 
6 
8 
4 
6 
8 
31 
8 
15 
9 
4 
12 

46 
40 
94 
86 
162 
50 
218 
28 
246 
258 
144 
82 
•     202 
76 

188 
154 
142 
116 
128 
136 
130 
110 
104 
100 
104 
108 
60 
90 

2.8 
2.9 
3.0 
2.9 
2.5 
2.8 
3.1 
3.4 
4.4 
5.5 
5.3 
4.7 
5.5 
5.0 
4.7 
4.5 
4.2 
3.6 
3.6 
2.9 
2.7 

933 
967 
1,130 
921 
680 
944 
1.230 
1,720 
3,590 
6,330 
5,770 
4,200 
6,340 
4,850 
4,220 
3,630 
3,080 
2,060 
2,080 
1,000 
843 

116 

104 
287 
214 
298 
128 
724 
130 
2,380 
4,410 
2,240 
930 
3,460 
995 

473 
402 
433 
289 
235 
347 
432 
510 
,010 
,710 
,630 
,230 
030 
|l80 

April  9  10,11,12,13,14  

April  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  
April  23  24  25  26  27  28  29 

April  30  May  1,2,  3,  4.  5    . 

May  7  8  9  10  11   12  13 

May  15,  16,  17,  18.  19,20  

May  21  22  23  24,  25,  26 

May  28  29  30  31  June  1  2 

June  4  5  6,  7.  8.  9,  10             . 

June  11  12  13  15  16  17 

June  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24 

June  25  27  28  29,  30,  July  1  .  .  . 

July  2345678 

July  9  10  11   12  13  14  15 

July  16  17  18  19  20  21  22 

66 
182 
156 
64 
76 
50 

116 
96 
94 
150 
104 
118 

647 
1,510 
867 
360 
205 
114 

1,140 
799 
523 
843 
281 

0/-Q 

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29  

July  30  31   August  1,2  3,4 

August  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  

August  13,  14,  16,  17,  18  

August  20.  21.  22.  23.  24.  25.  26.  .  . 

SI  I  OS  HONK    KIVKR. 


123 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Shoshone 
River  at  wagon  bridge  near  Cody,  Wyo. — Continued. 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

1 

Solids  (tons  per 
day. 

*3 

.i 

•s  . 

i 

i 

1 

1. 

&X 

rf 

Dates. 

1  . 

C  ^-^ 

11 

i 

S 

j> 

j!  $ 

. 

1 

|I 

i! 

I§ 

si 

!§ 

i 

"3 

|jj 

8 

§ 

tl.2 
2  « 

1" 

r 

j>  *—  • 

i 

I 

I 

i 

S 

5 

~ 
O 

i 

5 

• 

1 

1 

• 

1905-6. 

August  27,  28,  31,  September  1,2  
September  3  4  5  6  7,  8 

000 

65 
84 
81 

2 
8 
8 

42 
184 

120 
130 
146 

2.8 
2.7 
2.5 

902 
772 
651 

102 
383 
4 

292 
271 
257 

September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16.  .  .  . 

September  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23.  ... 

0 

93 

8 

12  ' 

146 

2.2 

438 

14 

173 

September  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30.  ... 

0 

97 

11 

16 

136 

2.0 

317 

14 

116 

October  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7  

October  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14  
October  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  

0 
0 
3 

99 
J05 
105 

7 
6 
12 

14 
34 
0 

196 
182 
230 

1.9 
2.0 
2.0 

271 
290 
296 

10 
27 
0 

143 
143 
184 

October  22  23  24  25,  26  27,  28 

o 

105 

14 

o 

154 

2.1 

329 

o 

137 

October  29,  30,  November  1,  2,  3  

0 

124 

10 

54 

204 

2.0 

295 

43 

162 

November  5  6,  7,  8,  9  . 

o 

118 

10 

34 

186 

2.1 

382 

35 

192 

November  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17..  .. 

0 

112 

11 

10 

192 

2.0 

291 

8 

151 

November  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  
December  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  16.  .  . 

0 
0 

103 
112 

7 
18 

24 
0 

214 
232 

2.0 
1.9 

301 
271 

20 
0 

174 
170 

December  17,  19,  20,  30  

o 

109 

13 

112 

168 

1.9 

269 

81 

122 

December  31,  January  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  

0 

111 

8 

96 

140 

1.9 

258 

67 

98 

January  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13  

o 

112 

11 

38 

166 

1.9 

278 

28 

125 

January  14,  15,  16,  21,  22,  24,  25  

0 

92 

17 

22 

180 

2.0 

303 

18 

147 

January  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Febru- 

ary  1                                        

o 

96 

18 

26 

174 

2.0 

300 

21 

141 

February  3  4  5  9  10 

0 
0 

106 
92 

14 
12 

2 

8 

224 
176 

2.0 
2.0 

305 
297 

2 
6 

185 
141 

February  6,  7,  8,  11,  12,  13,  14  

February  19  20  21  22,  23,  24 

o 

99 

32 

24 

168 

2.0 

295 

19 

134 

February  25,  26,  27,  28,  March  3  

o 

103 

14 

22 

196 

2.0 

310 

18 

164 

March  4  5,  6,  7,  8 

o 

114 

8 

o 

208 

2.0 

287 

o 

161 

March  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17  

0 

127 

24 

62 

168 

2.0 

302 

51 

137 

March  18,  24.                              . 

o 

108 

5 

84 

188 

2.0 

298 

68 

151 

March  25  26  27  28  29  30 

0 

89 

10 

2.1 

348 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Shoshone  River  at  wagon  bridge 

near  Cody,  Wyo. 


I 

Is 

•S 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

1 

ll 

•3  ft 

g 

fe 

O 

aS 

. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

* 

"3 

W  CO 

o. 

s 

a 

%3 

O 

S2> 

O, 

'3 

cS 

| 

i 

pG 

g 

""SB 

• 

£ 

S 

0 

E 

11 

'3 

1 

ii 

•3  3 

"£ 

0 

I 

1 

i 

fc 

H 

fi 

3 

1 

A 

.« 

1 

o 

i 

1905-6. 

April  2-29... 

26 

+  8.9 

150 

11 

4.5 

21 

0.00 

60 

23 

4.7 

0.06 

April  30-May  26 

25 

+  66 

128 

14 

3  8 

.19 

.00 

62 

22 

4.9 

.03 

May  28-June  24  

26 

100 

14 

6.1 

24 

.00 

55 

23 

7.0 

.04 

June  25-July  22. 

27 
23 

+16.7 

86 
148 
134 
176 

15 
18 

s18 
14 

5.0 
3.2 
3.9 
3  9 

21 
a  16 
17 
18 

.00 

".'66" 

00 

58 

""58~ 
58 

15 
17 
22 
25 

11 
10 
5.3 
7.4 

.05 
.03 
.07 
.10 

July  23-August  18 

August  20-September  16 

25 
28 

+10.9 
+  31 

September  17-October  14 

October  15-November  9  

24 

182 

15 

4.2 

18 

.00 

6.0 

.07 

November  11-December  30  

24 

+  3.1 

186 

14 

4.0 

16 

.00 

59 

25 

3.9 

.17 

December  31-February  1 

27 
23 

180 
185 

14 
14 

4.3 

5  9 

17 

.00 

oo 

59 
54 

24 
28 

8.9 
3  g 

.24 
05 

February  3-March  3 

+10  2 

March  4-30  

19 

+  64 

180 

17 

4.4 

17 

.00 

47 

27 

13 

.00 

Mean 

8.2 

153 

15 

4.4 

19 

.00 

57 

23 

7.2 

.08 

a  Sodium  is  88  per  cent  and  potassium  is  15.5  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


124       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF  THE  WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Shoshone  River  near  Cody,  Wyo. 


Month. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  '.  

303 

192 

270 

285 

234 

310 

266 

February 

283 

301 

351 

301 

291 

218 

291 

March 

333 

345 

833 

310 

442 

246 

418 

April,  . 

847 

1,150 

972 

1,030 

926 

1,170 

1,020 

May 

2,700 

1,560 

3,770 

1  400 

2,890 

2,520 

1  970 

2  400 

5,650 

6,820 

7,090 

5,750 

4,550 

5.630 

5,380 

5,840 

Jnlv 

2,780 

3,560 

6,590 

3,890 

4,860 

8,280 

6,680 

5  230 

August 

1,340 

1,570 

2,020 

1,290 

1,580 

2,690 

2,200 

1,810 

September 

655 

235 

752 

559 

680 

1,120 

744 

678 

655 

577 

225 

295 

376 

641 

707 

497 

November 

499 

194 

303 

371 

366 

449 

364 

December  

441 

a200 

270 

313 

325 

219 

294 

The  year 

1,420 

1,900 

1,350 

1,460 

1  960 

1  690 

1  590 

a  Revised  estimate. 
STONY  CHEEK  NEAR  FBTJTO,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Stony  Creek  at  the  Julian 
ranch,  near  Fruto,  Cal.,  from  September  14, 1905,  to  January  13, 1906. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  near  Fruto  by  the  United  States 
Geological  Survey  January  30,  1901.  Stream-flow  data,  including 
gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station 
have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  66,  pp.  143-144,  178;  75,  p.  211;  81,  pp.  341-342;  85, 
pp.  135-137;  100,  pp.  274-276;  134,  pp.  116-118;  177,  pp.  153-155;  213,  pp. 
108-109;  251,  pp.  170-173. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Stony  Creek  at 
Julian  ranch,  near  Fruto,  Cal. 

[Drainage  area,  760  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

^ 

1 

Solid  (tons  per 
day). 

i 

1 

1 

I 

| 

d 

0) 

J 

Dates. 

t. 

1. 

1 

g 

If 

1 

3 

ji 

|S 

3 

o>^ 

Is 

!§ 

,21 

IT 

3 

T3 

S 

1 

o 

I 

2    . 

O 

I 

5 

i 

a 

| 

1 

Q 

1905-6. 

September  14.  . 

26 
122 

332 

212 

3.20 
3.24 

14 

18 

1.0 
5.8 

13 
10 

October  4  

October  1,7,  14,  28,  November  4,  11..  .. 
November  18,  27,  December  2,  9,  16, 

12 

223 

42 

20 

318 

3.25 

18 

1.0 

15 

23  

o 

224 

70 

138 

336 

3.50 

51 

19 

46 

January  1,2,3,4,5,6 

g 

191 

58 

2 

356 

4  00 

93 

0.5 

89 

January  7,8,9,10,11,12,13  

0 

172 

46 

12 

356 

4.70 

560 

18 

539 

Analysis  of  a  composite  sample,  October  1, 1905,  to  January  13, 1906,  gives  dissolved  solids  326  milligrams 
per  liter;  and  radicles,  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids,  as  follows:  Ca,  12;  Mg,  6.1;  Na+fK,  10;  CO»,  0.00; 
HC03,63;  Cl,17;  8O,,7.1;  and  NOi,  0.01. 


TEUCKEE   RIVER, 


Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Stony  Creek,  near  Fruto,  Cal. 


125 


Month. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

. 
Mean. 

January 

114 

1,420 

234 

2,420 

2,230 

2,020 

1,140 

1   370 

February 

2,710 

4,200 

1,090 

3,800 

1,470 

1,540 

3,310 

1  680 

2  480 

March  
April  
May  
June                        

893 
361 
349 
66 

2,590 
1,520 
578 
132 

1,660 
892 
276 
16 

4,360 
*  1,600 
715 
165 

2,050 
870 
675 
206 

2,500 
1,280 
610 
495 

4,430 
1,640 
450 
236 

993 
525 
364 
186 

2,430 
1,090 
502 
188 

July 

7 

3 

7 

34 

36 

127 

47 

48 

39 

August              

4 

3 

10 

14 

12 

33 

15 

15 

13 

September 

35 

9 

8 

19 

14 

17 

19 

7 

16 

October     

130 

92 

16 

167 

16 

29 

30 

34 

64 

November 

161 

1,580 

613 

71 

27 

61 

44 

88 

331 

December 

425 

1,130 

462 

453 

68 

582 

597 

192 

489 

The  year 

«430 

997 

539 

970 

656 

792 

1  070 

439 

750 

oApproximate. 
TRTJCKEE  RIVER  NEAR  DERBY,  NEV. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Truckee  River  at  the  Recla- 
mation Service  diversion  dam  near  Derby,  Nev.,  from  April  10,  1906, 
to  March  13,  1907.  A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey  at  Vista,  Nev.,  August  18,  1899,  and  was 
moved  to  Derby,  Nev.,  about  15  miles  downstream,  in  1907.  The 
drainage  area  is  1,520  square  miles  at  Vista.  The  flow  is  practically 
the  same  at  both  points.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : a 

Annual  Reports:  11,  II,  p.  102;  12,  II,  pp.  324,  351;  13,  III,  pp.  95,  99;  20,  IV, 

p.  59;  22,  IV,  p.  405. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  38,  pp.  331-332;  51,  pp.  404-405;  52,  p.  521;  66,  pp. 

113-114,  175;  81,  pp.  371-373;  85,  pp.  117-119;  100,  pp.  185-187;  133,  pp. 

301-303;  176,  pp.  84-86;  212,  pp.  67-68;  250,  pp.  111-112 


a  See  also  Second  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  358;  Third  Ann.  Kept.,  p.  346. 


126       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Truckee  River 
at  diversion  dam  near  "Derby,  Nev. 

[Drainage  area,  1,750  square  miles.] 


Date. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

I 

TJ 

I 
I 

1 

3 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

a 
I 

•' 

S| 

i§ 

o 

• 

!a 

1. 

si 

§a 

r 

pq 

0> 

§ 

1 

5 

QJ  ^"^ 

a 

1 

o 

1 

"5 

s 

•0? 

Is 

c 

03 

12 
1 

f 

a 

1 

"o3 

I 

02 

1 
1 

1 
Q 

1906-7. 
April  10 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
21 
13 
16 
13 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

51 
57 
45 
64 
54 
64 
35 
54 
54 
41 
10 
77 
48 
82 
102 
98 
123 
104 
102 
100 
99 
92 
86 
96 
91 
86 
126 
84 
98 
86 
82 
103 
95 
74 
55 
67 
72 
84 
86 

5 
2 
5 
10 
10 
5 
5 
10 
10 
5 
10 

128 
150 
48 
10 
48 
0 
26 
50 
10 
94 
60 
28 
86 
30 
30 
0 
16 
0 
16 
54 
18 
50 
64 
98 
0 
8 
52 
24 
56 
8 
14 
32 
28 
80 
54 
46 
6 
8 
34 

136 
104 
94 
140 
106 
132 
135 
112 
134 
80 
90 
116 
150 
160 
172 
184 
160 
124 
152 
118 
134 
128 
120 
116 
176 
156 
144 
118 
124 
162 
134 
146 
138 
214 
82 
122 
100 
142 
130 

7.7 
8.6 
9.9 
8.0 
7.5 
6.8 
7.7 
8.6 
8.4 
7.8 
8.0 
6.0 
6.0 
.7 
.6 
.7 
.8 
.8 
.9 
.9 
.3 
4.7 
5.0 
4.5 
5.8 
5.2 
5.0 
5.0 
4.9 
5.2 
5.3 
5.3 
4.9 
6.7 
7.6 
6.2 
6.2 
5.9 
5.8 

2,840 
3,840 
5,470 
3,160 
2,640 
1,990 
2,840 
3,840 
3,600 
2,940 
3,160 
1,410 
1,410 
675 
625 
675 
725 
725 
775 
775 
490 
675 
825 
580 
1,280 
930 
825 
825 
775 
930 
985 
985 
775 
1,910 
2,740 
1,540 
1,540 
1,340 
1,280 

980 
1,550 
709 
853 
343 
0 
200 
519 
97 
747 
512 
107 
328 
55 
51 
0 
31 
0 
33 
113 
24 
91 
142 
153 
0 
20 
116 
53 
117 
20 
37 
85 
59 
413 
400 
191 
25 
29 
117 

1,040 
1,080 
1,390 
1,180 
756 
709 
1,040 
1,160 
1,300 
635 
768 
442 
572 
292 
290 
335 
313 
243 
318 
247 
177 
233 
268 
182 
608 
392 
321 
263 
259 
407 
357 
389 
289 
1,100 
G07 
507 
416 
514 
449 

April  18 

May8  

Mav  17 

May  24 

June  1           

June  9 

June  18      

June  24 

July  1  .  . 

JulyS 

July  21 

July  28               

5 
10 
10 
15 
15 
12 
12 
8 
7 
9 
11 
13 
29 
12 
13 
14 
25 
17 
19 
22 
19 
21 
12 
12 
10 
16 
21 

\ugust  5 

August  10     

August  20 

August  27  

September  3 

September  16  

September  24      .  .                 

October  2 

October  10            

October  22 

October  29  

November  5 

November  12  

November  20                         ,  . 

November  26 

December  5                   

December  19 

January  1     

January  10 

January  15 

January  29 

February  6 

February  14                

February  24 

March  3 

March  13 

NOTE.— Gaging  station  at  Vista,  Nev.,  drainage  area  1,520  square  miles,  about  15  miles  above  the  sampling 
station. 


TUOLUMNE   RIVER. 


127 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  waterfront  Truckee  River  at  diversion  dam 

near  Derby,  Nev. 


J 

|, 

Radicl 

BS  in  p 

er  cent 

of  diss 

olved 

solids. 

! 

j| 

1   • 

3 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

Is, 

or 

O  M 
T1  + 

1 

o 
W 

O 

A 

X 

Limber  of 

P 

issolved  s( 
gram 

o 

1 

agnesium 

0  os 

"i" 

! 

1 
| 

S 

I 

1 

fc 

fc 

M 

Q 

3 

S 

GO 

o 

w 

o 

Z 

1906-7. 

\pril  10-Mav  24 

106 

14 

4.6 

23 

0.00 

64 

9.3 

0.00 

Mav  17-June  18      

+  14.0 

112 

15 

5.2 

23 

.00 

65 

14 

11 

.06 

June  24-Julv  21 

101 

14 

5.0 

.00 

76 

4.0 

.02 

Julv  IN-  August  20  
\U'riist  27-Septeml>er  24.     ..  . 

+  12.9 

151 
153 

13 

5.2 

5.7 

19 
19 

.00 
.00 

65 
66 

8.6 
13 

6.6 
6.4 

.00 
.06 

Octolx^r  2  °9 

+  2.3 

144 

15 

4.4 

17 

.00 

64 

21 

10 

.01 

November  5-20  

+  2.9 

174 

12 

5.6 

20 

.00 

73 

14 

11 

.00 

December  5-Januarv  1 

+  9.4 

180 

11 

4.6 

21 

.00 

49 

14 

14 

.02 

January  10-  February  6  

+  12.6 

160 

13 

4.1 

19 

.00 

51 

14 

10 

Tr. 

February  14-March  13  

+  12.1 

150 

15 

4.1 

18 

.00 

49 

19 

-8.7 

Tr. 

Mean 

9  5 

143 

14 

4  8 

20 

.00 

62 

15 

9.1 

02 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Truckee  River  at  Vista,  Nev. 


Month. 

1890. 

1891. 

1892. 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

Mean. 

January 

"700 

593 

547 

Gfil 

389 

653 

572 

894 

871 

1,060 

694 

February        

a  650 

505 

428 

1,490 

598 

624 

1,780 

943 

797 

1,620 

944 

March 

o650 

723 

857 

1,330 

589 

1,080 

3,430 

1,240 

1,210 

a7,000 

1,810 

April..  . 

^4,500 

1,520 

854 

755 

1,380 

1,920 

1,540 

4,170 

1,000 

2,910 

o6,5CO 

2,460 

May 

5,990 

2,760 

937 

1,260 

2,140 

1,610 

1,850 

4,920 

1,280 

3,870 

4,180 

2,800 

June 

4,160 

1,900 

709 

1,260 

1,060 

1,020 

3,170 

930 

3,400 

3,950 

2,160 

July         

2,200 

945 

110 

425 

o292 

259 

1,310 

260 

2,170 

2,710 

1,070 

August  • 

952 

485 

114 

122 

315 

311 

192 

771 

224 

729 

1,640 

532 

September  

682 

558 

123 

192 

329 

443 

321 

785 

279 

722 

2,060 

590 

October 

742 

561 

378 

429 

477 

485 

486 

1,050 

430 

763 

2,130 

721 

November  

765 

503 

530 

567 

557 

778 

845 

924 

460 

900 

1,930 

796 

December.  . 

o750 

508 

456 

561 

510 

o650 

569 

844 

421 

952 

1,860 

735 

The  year 

980 

544 

906 

758 

786 

1,980 

697 

1,610 

3,070 

1,280 

o  Approximate. 


b  April  26-30. 


TUOLUMNE  RIVER  NEAR  LA  GRANGE,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Tuolumne  River  at  a  wagon 
bridge  near  La  Grange,  CaL,  from  October  7,  1905,  to  January  3,  1906. 
A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
Survey  near  La  Grange  August  29,  1895.  Stream-flow  data,  includ- 
ing gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the 
station  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Annual  Reports:  18,  IV,  pp.  378-383;  19,  IV,  pp.  512-514;  20,  IV,  pp.  63,  532; 

21,  IV,  pp.  449-450,  454;    22,  IV,  p.  465. 
Bulletin  140,  pp.  301-303. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  11,  p.  90;  16,  p.  188;  28,  pp.  178-179, 183-186;   38,  pp. 

393-395;   39,  p.  455;    66,  pp.  149,  167,  178;    75,  p.  214;    81,  pp.  386-392; 

85,  pp.  142-145;    100,  pp.  285-287;    134,  pp.  156-158;    177,  pp.  209-232; 

213,  pp.  165-169;   251,  pp.  270-280. 


128       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Additional  information  in  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
Tuolumne  River  is  contained  in  Water-Supply  Paper  237,  "  Quality 
of  California  surface  waters/'  pages  51-53. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Tuolumne 
River  at  wagon  bridge  near  La  Grange,  Cal. 


[Drainage  area,  1,500  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

1 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

1 

1 

| 

CO 

s 

I 

4» 

§ 

Si 

Dates. 

1X 

1X 

. 

I   . 

i 

"§ 

| 

I 

co 

12 

|l 

IS 

c 

1 

1»O2 

a 

1s 

• 
1 

•a 

1 

B> 

1 

1 

1 

§ 

£ 

a    • 
1 

I 

i 

O 

pq 

o 

02 

« 

3 

02 

q 

1905-6. 

October  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11  .. 

o 

61 

10 

6 

130 

3.6 

36 

1 

13 

October  12  13  14,  15,  16,  17,  19 

o 

58 

9 

30 

98 

3  5 

33 

3 

9 

October  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25  

0 

64 

14 

16 

88 

3.7 

51 

2 

12 

October  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31 

o 

62 

11 

66 

86 

3  7 

51 

9 

12 

November  1,  2,  3,  4  

0 

61 

12 

6 

104 

3.6 

48 

1 

13 

November  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

o 

69 

12 

2 

144 

3  6 

48 

o 

19 

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18  

0 

71 

7 

12 

92 

3.7 

53 

2 

13 

November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25 

0 
0 

83 
69 

18 
18 

10 
6 

146 
116 

3.8 
3.9 

64 
103 

2 
2 

25 
32 

November  24,  26,  27,  30,  December  1,  2. 

December  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9 

0 

63 

10 

58 

96 

4.0 

120 

19 

31 

December  10,  11,  12,  13,  18,  19,  20,  21, 

22,  23  .  . 

o 

67 

11 

122 

96 

4.0 

126 

42 

33 

December  24,  26  27  28  29,33 

o 

56 

11 

40 

98 

4  1 

144 

16 

38 

December  31,  January  1,  2,  3         .     . 

0 

59 

11 

56 

170 

4.1 

158 

24 

72 

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Tuolumne  River  at  wagon  bridge 

near  La  Grange,  Cal. 


I 

4 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

A 

53 

1 

si 

a  . 

o 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

1 

fi 

| 

S 

13 

I 

§ 

I 

*$ 

O 
CQ 

§ 

6 

1 

R 

ll 

g 

1 

§, 

1 

1 

I 

I 

1 

fl 

O 

w 

*3 

H. 

•—  — 

^ 

c$ 

P< 

0 

2 

P 

^ 

23 

13 

Ca 

*rt    W 

i 

o 

3   = 

3 

** 

« 

A 

5 

o 

s 

CO 

o 

PQ 

03 

o 

55 

1905. 

October  7  31 

28 

+5.6 

96 

20 

5.3 

14 

0.00 

61 

19 

10 

4.6 

November  24,  December  30  

29 

+  10.7 

110 

18 

5.4 

17 

.00 

62 

19 

10 

.08 

Mean                   .      . 

8.2 

103 

19 

5.4 

15 

.00 

62 

19 

10 

2.3 

TTIIKKY    CKKKK. 


129 


Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Tuolumne  River  and  Modesto  and  Turlock  canal-s 

near  La  Grange,  Cal. 


Month. 

1895. 

1896. 

L897. 

18( 

». 

1899. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

2,310 

1,230 

KM 

48 

1 

2,380 

3,350 

352 

1.  Hill 

5,170 

MM) 

71 

) 

1,030 

7,200 

1.  IKi 

M-in-h                                         

2,720 

4,030 

1, 

'"II 

3,621 

1 

2,430 

3,720 

2,290 

April 

3,520 

7,740 

4, 

HO 

•  5,191 

) 

2,480 

3,960 

5,000 

May 

-1,  i::o 

1 

1,900 

4, 

00 

4,51 

i 

6,930 

N.nin 

6,660 

jm^e                                            

7,690 

5,670 

2, 

ISO 

6.60 

1 

5,360 

9,390 

6,920 

JUly 

3,000 

2,180 

>77 

1,021 

1 

814 

3,700 

1,400 

VU'MI^t                                                     

485 

237 

86 

201 

1 

100 

784 

378 

St>]  Member 

""'263' 

432 

86 

"n 

5 

?. 

37 

175 

91 

(  )cioh(>r 

134 

120 

ua 

,Y> 

51 

> 

1,230 

211 

113 

November                                 

113 

1,140 

768 

n 

2,431 

1 

2,540 

574 

676 

December 

270 

1,080 

1,100 

156 

3,05» 

1 

1,330 

1,340 

809 

The  year 

2,340 

3,360 

1 

ISO 

2,321 

I 

2,ioo 

3,540 

2,180 

Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

190 

5. 

1 

906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  .            

2,070 

4C 

1 

745 

2,860 

2,460 

1,180 

1,560 

February                                       

1,790 

4,K 

ii 

1, 

930 

2,180 

4,240 

1,000 

2,530 

March 

3,370 

5,9i 

il 

3, 

490 

7,180 

11,200 

2,120 

4,100 

\pril 

6,010 

6,41 

0 

4, 

020 

6,500 

9,810 

3,500 

5,240 

May 

8,300 

11,70 

n 

5, 

930 

1 

1,100 

10,500 

4,100 

7,600 

7,810 

9,5£ 

il 

5, 

970 

1 

3,900 

11,200 

3,070 

7,350 

Tuly 

1,420 

2,9; 

il 

1, 

340 

1 

1,600 

8,210 

1,020 

3,000 

263 

7( 

'» 

?1? 

2,220 

2,140 

390 

636 

i  ber                           

105 

& 

•' 

78 

470 

496 

116 

220 

October 

72 

3,5^ 

i) 

46 

216 

304 

219 

499 

November.                    

1,040 

81 

8 

• 

6? 

243 

322 

218 

783 

December 

432 

4( 

:; 

1?9 

1,470 

634 

362 

909 

The  year 

2,720 

3,9£ 

1) 

2, 

000 

4,990 

5,130 

1,440 

2,870 

NOTE.— No  flow  in  Modesto  canal  until  1903.  Not  included  in  table  is  flow  of  La  Grange  Ditch  and  Hy- 
draulii-  Mining  Company's  canal  with  following  approximate  discharge  in  second-feet:  1895,  35;  1896,  32; 
1897-1899, 24;  1900, 20;  1901-1908,  less  than  10.  The  Tuolumne  was  gaged  at  Modesto,  a  short  distance  below 
La  Grange,  by  the  state  engineer,  from  November,  1878,  to  October,  1884,  and  by  the  U.  S.  Geological  Survey 
In  1895  and  1896.  Monthly  discharge  for  these  periods  is  published  in  Water-Supply  Paper  81,  pp.  396-399; 
the  monthly  mean  discharge  is  given  below. 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Tuolumne  River  near  Modesto,  Cal. 


Month. 

1878. 

1879. 

1880. 

1881. 

1882. 

1883. 

1884. 

1895. 

1896. 

Mean. 

478 

409 

2  880 

620 

654 

410 

4  830 

3  080 

1,670 

February 

1,880 

625 

6,760 

573 

490 

490 

3,920 

1,180 

1,990 

March  

2,800 

832 

2,880 

2,160 

1,310 

6,540 

3,160 

2,720 

2,800 

April 

4,460 

7,140 

6,260 

3,540 

3,270 

7,360 

5,820 

3,580 

5,180 

Mav  

5,090 

10,400 

7,270 

7,460 

8,180 

7,360 

11,800 

5,180 

7,840 

June 

7,060 

14,100 

5,220 

8,050 

6,540 

8,180 

9,160 

11,600 

8,740 

July  

1,980 

7,6?0 

2,000 

2,740 

1,640 

6,540 

3,830 

4,120 

3,810 

August 

183 

1,230 

391 

574 

490 

1,640 

848 

575 

741 

September 

39 

134 

125 

255 

327 

327 

615 

574 

3«0 

October 

30 

56 

130 

873 

262 

245 

152 

224 

246 

Xoyomber 

65 

101 

35 

193 

570 

327 

255 

1,210 

344 

December  

C5 

903 

1,100 

620 

327 

327 

283 

1,030 

582 

The  year 

2  080 

3  640 

2  890 

2,310 

1,980 

3,720 

2,930 

2,850 

TURKEY  CHEEK  NEAR  OLUSTEE,  OKLA. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Turkey  Creek  at  Fullerton 
dam,  near  Olustee,  Okla.,  from  March  4,  1906,  to  February  19,  1907. 
A  ga<rin<r  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological 
81210°— WSP  274—11 9 


130       SOME   STREAM   WATERS  OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 

Survey  at  Olustee  April  20,  1905.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 
heights  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been  pub- 
lished by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports : 

Water-Supply  Papers:  173,  pp.  94-95;  209,  p.  69;  247,  pp.  86-88. 

Partial  analyses  and  gage  heights  for  Turkey  Creek  at  Fullerton  dam,  near  Olustee,  Okla. 

[Drainage  area,  320  square  miles.] 


Dates. 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 


Carbon- 
ate 

radicle 
(C03). 


Bicar- 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC03). 


Chlorine 

radicle. 

(Cl). 


Sus- 
pended 
matter 
(Sm). 


Dis- 
solved 
solids 
(Ds). 


1906-7. 


March   4 

March  13 

March  18 

March  22 

March  26 

March  30 

April  2 

Aprils 

April  9 

April  16 

April  19 

April  24 

April  26 

April  30 

May  7 

May  9 

May  14 

May  17....... 

May  20 

May  24 

May  28 

June  1 

June  4 

June  6 

June  11 

June  18 

June  21 

June  25 

June  28 

July  2 

JulyS 

July  9 

July  13 

July  16 

July  20 

July  23 

July  26 

July  30 

August  11 

August  14 

August  22 

August  25 

September  4.. 
September  7.. 
September  10. 
September  12. 
September  15. 
September  18. 
September  19. 
September  22. 
September  25. 

October  2 

October? 

October  12 

October  16... 

October  22 

October  29  — 
November  3. . 
November  7.. 
November  9.. 


150 
140 
274 
198 
211 
198 
192 

76 
192 
236 
242 
242 
287 

96 
204 
262 
211 


102 
179 
211 

96 
121 
198 
147 
121 
185 
108 
178 
178 
170 

85 

85 
137 
124 
176 

92 


216 
223 
105 
116 
157 
203 
86 
62 
87 
204 
235 
211 
225 
205 
79 
266 
242 
MB 
•>:\i 
225 


590 
600 
610 
590 
590 
610 

29 
310 
484 
542 
590 
561 

29 
271 
426 
494 

87 
387 

97 
242 
406 

87 
106 
325 
382 
148 
366 

89 
404 
446 
485 

79 


138 

386 

20 

40 

386 

507 

455 

150 

107 

244 

410 

51 

23 

34 

216 

512 

451 

475 

494 

39 

403 

•MS 

465 

•us 


380 
64 
.12 


20 
948 

12 

36 
0 

60 
124 
1,930 
360 
232 
196 
220 

88 
128 
192 
148 
132 
216 
144 

80 
116 

80 
124 
100 

84 


108 
308 


20 
148 
568 

60 

28 

148 

864 

1,040 

556 

88 
.W, 
400 

40 
176 

84 
136 
415 
:iM 
240 
148 


,280 

,520 

,300 

,300 

,300 

,600 

4,280 

412 

2,650 

3,670 

4,090 

4,220 

4,110 

224 

2,720 

3,580 

3,860 

1,180 

3,300 

880 

2,350 

3,470 

1,120 

1,260 

3,680 

2,510 

1,600 

3,170 

1,400 

3,460 

3,710 

3,860 

1,090 

1,060 

2,210 

1,510 

3,330 

492 

688 

3,370 

3,940 

3,700 

1,240 

1,180 

2,360 

3,240 

892 

344 

-ISO 

2,210 
3,940 
3,770 
3,840 
4,050 
588 
3,630 
4,020 
3,880 
8,000 
3,940 


VERDE    RIVER. 


131 


Partial  analyses  and  gage  heights  for  Turkey  Creek  at  Fullerton  dam,  near  Olustee, 

Okla. — Continued. 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean 

iSSt 

(feet). 

Carbon- 
ate 
radicle 
(C0»). 

Clear 
bonate 
radicle 
(HC03) 

Chlorine 
radicle 
(Cl). 

Sus- 
pended 
matter 
(Sm). 

Dis- 
solved 
solids 

(Ds). 

1906-7. 
Nu\  omber  19..  .'  

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

250 
261 
255 
62 
129 
200 
229 
224 
215 
215 
200 
215 
220 
191 
57 
210 
210 
229 
182 
258 
248 
229 
248 
281 
200 
.190 

485 
507 
540 
102 
88 
320 
454 
470 
501 
485 
496 
501 
501 
516 
41 
434 
485 
434 
506 
423 
437 
454 
454 
516 
516 
516 

200 
0 

108 
292 
360 
204 
212 
224 
336 
360 
88 
64 
124 
112 
456 
112 
136 
436 
280 
128 
336 
72 
20 
96 
20 
12 

4,040 
3,860 
3,970 
1,280 
1,040 
2,960 
3,880 
3,870 
3,970 
3,740 
4,010 
3,980 
3,900 
3,910 
708 
3,650 
3,860 
3,760 
4,040 
3,760 
3,770 
3,900 
3,940 
3,920 
4,040 
3,980 

•  2.7 

2.7 
3.1 
6.2 
8.4 
3.3 
2.9 
2.9 
2.8 
2.8 
2.8 
2.8 
2.8 
2.8 
7.6 
3.7 
3.2 
7.6 
3.2 
3.1 
3.0 
2.9 
2.9 
2.9 
2.8 
2.8 

November  23                         

November  30                     

December  5                       

December  12                                               ... 

December  14                      

December  22                      

December  27                                    

December  31                      

January  6                   

January  12                     

January  20                      

January  24               

February  4                  

February  11                  

February  19                   

Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from   Turkey  Creek  at  Fullerton 

dam,  near  Olustee,  Okla. 


t 

| 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

ft 

•5  . 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

•3 

13 

| 

S 

-0  + 

1 

08 

°o 

6 

. 

^ 

O 

S 

S  °» 

m 

*^s 

^^ 

^ 

i 

Q?  c3 
t>  *-" 

a 

•i 

g 

*£§ 

1 

§ 

^ 

I 

§= 

I 

a 

II 

5 

o 

1 

0 

1 

a 

W 

Q 

0 

S 

«M 

o 

m 

2 

0 

fc 

1906-7. 

March  4—  June  28_ 

29 

+1.9 

3,080 

17 

3.2 

8.2 

0.00 

7.4 

45 

12 

0.00 

July  2-October  29  
November  3-February  19  

27 
29 

+1.4 

2,580 
3,840 

16 
14 

3.3 
3.8 

8.5 
9.1 

.00 
.00 

6.8 
4.1 

46 

12 
12 

.00 
.01 

Mean  

1.6 

3,  170 

16 

3.4 

8.6 

.00 

6.1 

46 

12 

T. 

VERDE  RIVER  NEAR,  McDOWELL,  ARIZ. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Verde  River  at  Mesa,  near 
McDowell,  Ariz.,  from  April  5,  1905,  to  March  10,  1906.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  near 
McDowell^  Ariz.,  April  20,  1897.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage 


132       SOME   STREAM    WATEES   OF    THE   WESTERN    UNITED   STATES. 


heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have 
been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports :  ° 

Annual  Reports:  11,  II,  p.  100;  19,  IV,  pp.  420-423;  20,  IV,  pp.  59,  407;  21,  IV, 

pp.  387-388. 
Bulletin  131,  pp.  49,  51. 
Water-Supply  Papers:  16,  p.  150;  28,  pp.  133,  141,  143;  38,  pp.  323-324;  50,  p. 

387;  66,  pp.  102-103;  73,  pp.  13-16;  75,  p.  177;  85,  pp.  21-23;  100,  pp.  31-36; 

133,. pp.  222-227;  175,  pp.  181-185;  211,  pp.  137-139?  249,  pp.  191-195. 

Information  relative  to  the  quality  of  Salt  River  at  McDowell, 
below  the  mouth  of  Verde  River,  is  contained  in  Bulletin  44  of  the 
University  of  Arizona  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  "The  river 
irrigating  waters  of  Arizona/'  by  R.  H.  Forbes,  1902. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Verde  River  at 

Mesa,  near  McDowell,  Ariz. 

[Drainage  area,  6,000  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

I 

fl 

Solids  (tons 
per  day). 

Dates. 

"o 

1 

B 
1 

it 

1   . 

i 

i 

o>    . 
|* 

ts 

1 
1 

I" 

e8"o 

s 

Si 

P<+^ 

i~ 

a 

ti 

GO  " 

1 

a 

si 

3 

02 

s 

1 

1 

3 
02 

P 

1905-6, 

April  5  11   14  18  20  22 

10 

172 

15 

1,460 

272 

7.9 

5,400 

21,300 

3,960 

April  25  26,  28,  May  1,  3,  6  

7 

210 

27 

396 

314 

6.0 

1,820 

1,950 

1,550 

May  9  12  13  15  17  19 

19 

203 

25 

200 

316 

5.4 

1,100 

594 

938 

May  23,  24  26,29  31,  June  2...  . 

13 

242 

39 

26 

420 

4.3 

397 

28 

451 

June  5  7  9  11   13  15  17 

24 

182 

41 

38 

422 

4.0 

320 

33 

365 

June  20  22  24     . 

7 

255 

53 

56 

416 

3.8 

234 

35 

26] 

June  28  29  July  468 

o 

285 

41 

2 

490 

3.6 

143 

1 

189 

July  11   15  18,  20,  22  .     . 

0 

242 

51 

92 

452 

3.7 

203 

50 

253 

July  25  27  28  29 

36 

185 

4,340 

496 

4.2 

368 

4,310 

492 

August  1  3,  5     . 

8 

250 

""46" 

1,850 

432 

4.3 

408 

2,040 

475 

August  8  10  12  16  22,  24 

0 
18 
0 

236 
179 

284 

26 
28 
37 

5,000 
6,860 
2,940 

378 
328 
410 

4.5 
5.1 
4.9 

530 
954 
1,110 

7,160 
17,700 
8,820 

541 
845 
1,230 

August  29,  31,  September  2,  5,  7,  9  ... 
September  12,  15,  19,  21,  23,  26,  30.  ... 

October  4,  7,  10,  12,  14,  18,  19.  .. 

20 

242 

33 

304 

414 

4.2 

386 

317 

432 

October  21,  26,  28,  31,  November  2,  4. 

9 

267 

30 

170 

326 

4.0 

313 

144 

276 

November  7,  9,  11,  14,  16,  18  

0 

250 

28 

1,320 

340 

4.7 

837 

2,980 

768 

November  22,  24,  December  2,  5,  8, 

12,  15               

0 

234 

25 

266 

306 

4.6 

1,070 

768 

884 

December  19,  22,  26,  29,  January  5,  6.  . 

11 

262 

30 

12 

404 

3.6 

520 

17 

567 

January  9,  11,  13,  16,  23,  26  

16 

234 

25 

140 

348 

3.9 

711 

269 

668 

January  30,  February  1,  3,  6,  13,  15,  17. 

0 

236 

21 

198 

288 

5.1 

723- 

387 

562 

February  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24  

0 

202 

23 

126 

268 

5.1 

1,530 

520 

1,110 

February  26,  27,  28,  March  1,  2,  3  

8 

199 

34 

2 

334 

4.5 

1,040 

6 

938 

March  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10  

6 

223 

29 

50 

326 

4.1 

655 

88 

576 

a  See  also  First  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service,  p.  87. 


VERDE   RIVER. 


133 


tive  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in   water  Jrom   Verde  River  at  Mesa,  near 

McDowell,  Ariz. 


| 

1$ 

Radicl 

es  in  p 

er  cent 

"Mis 

solved 

solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  san 

W 

Dissolved  solids 
(milligrams  per  lit 

t 

t 

Sodium  and  potas- 
sium (Na+JK). 

Carbonate  (CO,). 

Bicarbonate 
(HC08). 

Sulphate  (SO<). 

Chlorine  (Cl). 

O 

1905-6. 
April  5-  June  2                

24 

+3.1 

338 

14 

7.1 

11 

1.3 

65 

16 

7.1 

0.13 

June  5-July  22 

20 

438 

16 

7.5 

14 

1.4 

21 

9  e 

07 

lul  v  ''.">  September  9               . 

19 

370 

6.5 

o!4 

.00 

65 

17 

9.7 

.06 

September  1'J  -November  18  
November  22-February  17  

26 
26 

—4.7 

405 
346 

17 

16 

6.9 
4.0 

13 
11 

.00 
.00 

70 

72 

22 
16 

...... 

.02 
.08 

February  19—  March  10 

18 

+8.0 

297 

19 

7.4 

12 

2.4 

71 

15 

8  4 

01 

Mean  

5.3 

366 

16 

6.6 

12 

.85 

69 

18 

9.2 

.06 

o  Sodium  is  98  per  cent  and  potassium  is  2.4  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Verde  River  near  McDowell,  Ariz. 


Month. 

1888.o 

1889.* 

1890.a 

1891.o 

1892.0 

1893.o 

1894.o 

1895.o 

1896. 

1897. 

1898. 

1899. 

January  . 

2,500 
1,  170. 
3,410 
795 
197 
141 
208 
204 
250 
220 
288 
2,840 

2,090 
4,540 
2,500 
3C8 
174 
153 
220 
1,900 
1,120 
1,380 
2,360 
3,130 

1,440 
17,500 
1,930 
534 
458 
401 
314 
278 
395 
258 
256 
328 

284 
6192 
6160 
688 
691 
652 
152. 
198 
164 
223 
257 
282 

231 
672 
5,390 
290 
150 
68. 
225 
802 
380 
376 
296 
315 

244 
259 
530 
171 
68 
79 
119 
439 
292 
242 
230 
442 

4,040 
1,690 
3,720 
750 
258 
153 
145 
359 
176 
475 
463 
391 

324 
154 

270 
220 
172 
117 
864 
o849 
o557 
0452 
o492 
o352 

o2,  140 
o873 
ol,500 
al,190 
269 
150 
130 
439 
992 
309 
262 
267 

253 
496 
639 
319 
184 
139 
323 
400 
338 
169 
195 
303 

350 
344 
260 
205 
152 
152 
365 
434 
357 
549 
203 
292 

February 

March  

April 

May... 

June 

July. 

August  

172 
168 
166 
421 
3,350 

September  
October  

November  
December  

The  year. 

1,020 

1,670 

2,000 

179 

778 

259 

1,050 

402 

710 

313 

305 

Month. 

1900. 

1901. 

1902. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

Mean, 
1896? 
1908. 

January 

189 
199 
160 
88 
91 
52 
.   52 
151 
121 
183 
430 
224 

351 

1,860 
895 
185 
140 
105 
210 
627 
93 
134 
245 
268 

224 

239 
6246 
6220 
6184 
6117 
686 
6478 
61,060 
6144 
6208 
6644 

6249 
6362 
6  1,  470 
62,750 
141 
136 
232 
329 
513 
318 
207 
227 

237 
226 
184 
119 
126 
63 
729 
1,620 
482 
188 
210 
241 

1,420 
7,710 
8,780 
5,230 
832 
283 
245 
567 
771 
544 
3,430 
875 

812 
1,200 
5,460 
1,030 
247 
150 
234 
743 
211 
181 
312 
2,640 

2,430 
2,620 
3,780 
838 
251 
209 
217 
432 
403 
614 
375 
323 

306 
1,970 
1,390 
301 
443 
146 
463 
870 
356 
264 
281 
3,130 

1,010 
2,210 
2,130 
785 
231 
143 
277 
585 
445 
352 
544 
993 

595 
1,450 
1,960 
959 
249 
140 
319 
591 
475 
300 
530 

na 

February  . 

March     . 

April  .  .  . 

May 

June  

July 

August  

September 

October  

November 

December  

The  year  

161 

426 

321 

578 

369 

2,560 

1,100 

1,040 

827 

809 

696 

o  From  Water-Supply  Paper  73;  obtained  by  taking  proportional  part  of  discharge  of  Salt  River  at  Ari- 
zona dam. 
6  Approximate. 


134       SOME    STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


YELLOWSTONE  RIVER  NEAR  BILLINGS,  MONT. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Yellowstone  River  at  a 
county  bridge  near  Billings,  Mont.,  from  May  20  to  November  24, 

1905.  A  gaging  station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geo- 
logical Survey  near  Billings  May  29,   1904,   and  was  discontinued 
December  31,  1905.     A  station  was  established  at  Junction  May  10, 

1906,  and  was  discontinued  December  31,  1907;  and  a  station  was 
then  established  at  Huntley,  Mont.,  January  1,  1907.     The  flow  at 
the  three  stations  is  approximately  the  same.     Stream-flow  data, 
including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for 
these  stations  have  been  published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following 
reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:   130,  pp.  120-122;  172,  pp.  95-97;  208,  pp.  88-90;  246, 
pp.  144-148. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Yellowstone 
River  at  county  bridge  near  Billings,  Mont. 

[Drainage  area,  11,180  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

f 

second- 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

1 

.A 

1 

£ 

2 

I 

1 

. 

Dates. 

? 

'*« 

^ 

8 

o 

•3 

l| 

9 

§' 

§| 

tsg 

O, 

•gjj 

•all 

g> 

J 

3 

"S 

•541 

1 

§"" 

a 

s 

j> 

o 

§ 

«• 

O 

% 

02 

Q    ' 

s 

1 

02 

Q 

1905. 

May  20,  24,  June  7,  11,  12,  13,  14.  .. 

7 
0 

92 

87 

35 
11 

914 
216 

238 

148 

7.6 
7.9 

21,800 
21,700 

53,800 
12,700 

14,000 
8,660 

June  15,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22            ... 

July  5,  6,  7,  8  

0 

74 

7 

1,110 

138 

7.6 

20,100 

60,000 

7,490 

July  9,  11,  12,  13,  15 

o 

69 

6 

64 

164 

6.6 

16,000 

2,770 

7,090 

July  26  August  123 

0 

0 

102 
120 

12 

8 

258 
114 

192 
236 

4.3 
3.7 

8,600 
7,100 

6,000 
2,190 

4,460 
4,530 

August  6,  7,  9,  10,  15 

August  21,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  Septem- 
ber 1 

0 

110 

17 

10 

230 

2.7 

4,770 

129 

2,960 

September  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

0 
0 
0 
0 

105 
118 
133 
135 

16 
20 
15 
18 

66 
10 
38 
102 

184 
260 
300 
320 

2.6 
2.2 
2.1 
2.2 

4,570 
3,820 
3,660 
3,810 

815 
103 
376 
1,050 

2,270 
2,680 
2,970 
3,290 

September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  18,  19.  ... 
September  21,  22,  23,  26,  27,  29,  30.  ... 
October  1,  2,  3,  5,  6,  11  

October  12,  13,  14,  November  13,  14, 
15,  16  

11 

120 

20 

182 

354 

2.0 

3,360 

1,650 

3,210 

November  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24.  ... 

0 

144 

18 

46 

336 

1.9 

3,160 

393 

2,870 

YELLOWSTONE    RIYKII. 


135 


amount  of  substances   in  solution  in  water  from  Yellowstone  River  at  county 
bridge  near  Billings,  Mont. 


4 

i. 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

i 

solids  (Ds] 
is  per  liter 

| 

1 

s£ 

•0  + 

§ 

o. 

1 

§ 
w 

6 

? 

*S 

^ 

1 

e 

f 

I 

1 

ll 

O  33 

I 

1 

1* 

j 

1 

fe 

H 

Q 

o 

« 

00 

O 

« 

00 

8 

2 

1905. 

July  ''(V-September  19 

24 
27 

-3.7 

231 
325 

15 
12 

2.0 
5.5 

14 
13 

0.00 
.00 

49 
46 

32 

5.6 
5  5 

0.08 
.06 

September  '^1  November  24 

Mean  

3.7 

278 

14 

3.8 

13 

.00 

48 

32 

5.6 

.07 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Yellowstone  River  near  Billings,  Mont. 


Month. 

1904.o 

1905.a 

1906.6 

1907.6 

1908.  c 

Mean. 

January 

d  1,560 

c2,790 

2,180 

February  

d4,500 

1,870 

3,180 

March 

«2,610 

/3,140 

1,880 

2,540 

April  

2,750 

4,000 

4,470 

3,740 

May 

5,940 

g  16,  400 

9,800 

12,700 

11,200 

June     

26,000 

24,700 

20,100 

27,800 

31,500 

26,000 

July 

18,100 

14,700 

14,600 

34,400 

23,400 

21,000 

August  

8,260 

6,220 

7,060 

13,200 

9,070 

8,760 

September 

5,240 

3,930 

4,520 

6,630 

5,450 

5,150 

October  

3,970 

3,620 

3,140 

4,930 

5,420 

4,210 

November 

3,420 

3,290 

2,770 

3,650 

4,140 

3,450 

December  

2,910 

2,810 

3,040 

2,940 

2,920 

The  year  

9,720 

8,800 

7,860 

a  Billings;  drainage  area,  11,180  square  miles. 
b  Junction;  drainage  area,  13,500  square  miles, 
c  Huntley;  drainage  area,  12,000  square  miles. 
d  Estimated. 


«  March  12-31. 
/March  19-31. 
g  May  10-31. 


YELLOWSTONE  RIVER  NEAR  GLENDIVE,  MONT. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Yellowstone  River  at  a  high- 
way bridge  near  Glendive,  Mont.,  from  March  28,  1905,  to  April  21, 
1906.  A  gaging  station  was  established  near  Glendive  in  1893,  and 
gage  heights  recorded  by  the  United  States  Weather  Bureau.  The 
records  of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  begin  August  1,  1903. 
Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights,  rating  tables,  and  esti- 
mates of  discharge  for  the  station  have  been  published  by  the  Sur- 
vey in  the  following  reports: 

Water-Supply  Papers:  99,  pp.  91-97;  130,  pp.  123-126;  172,  pp.  97-100;  208, 
pp.  90-92;  246,  pp.  149-150. 


136       SOME   STREAM    WATERS   OF   THE    WESTERN    UNITED    STATES. 


Partial  analyses,  gage  heights  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for   Yellowstone 
River  at  highway  bridge  near  Glendive,  Mont. 

[Drainage  area,  66,100  square  miles.] 


Dates. 

Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

Mean  gage  height  (feet). 

•6 

fl 

fe 

I5 

•O 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

• 

3 

I 

jt 

1 

• 

2 

li 

Is 

5 

O 

1 

ii 

t 

00 

i 

8 

j* 

I 

ft 

1 

! 
& 

i 

1 
1 

1 

I 
Q 

1905-6. 
March  28o  

94 
86 
76 
4 
868 
1,920 
1,200 
616 
960 
2,210 
4,840 
1,360 
684 
522 
430 
90 
730 
126 
148 
1,910 
3,920 
1,630 
868 
190 
268 
56 
92 
74 
58 
504 
1,120 
582 

548 
564 
484 
504 
440 
384 
190 
238 
188 

0.7 
0.7 
0.6 
0.4 
1.1 
1.6 
7.4 
6.2 
5.4 
4.6 
4.5 
5.4 
3.0 
2.4 
2.7 
1.8 
1.8 
1.5 
1.1 
1.0 
1.8 
1.2 
1.1 
1.4 
1.4 
1.4 
1.2 
1.2 
1.1 
3.3 
2.5 
2.2 

4,310 
4,310 
4,040 
-3,780 
5,180 
6,470 
43,300 
30,100 
23,200 
17,900 
19,400 
12,000 
10,400 
8,600 
9,450 
6,850 
6,830 
6,100 
5,050 
5,000 
6,720 
5,270 
5,200 
5,830 
5,760 
5,760 
5,400 
5,240 
5,100 
12,000 
8,930 
7,780 

1,090 
1,000 
830 
41 
12,100 
33,600 
141,000 
50,100 
60,100 
107,000 
254,000 
44,200 
19,200 
12,100 
11,000 
1,670 
13,500 
2,070 
2,020 
25,700 
71,100 
23,300 
12,200 
2,990 
4,170 
871 
1,340 
1,050 
799 
16,300 
26,900 
12,200 

6,380 
6,560 
5,290 
5,150 
6,150 
6,710 
22,200 
19,400 
11,800 

"14,"  400 
8,040 
7.300 
5,530 
7.700 
5,150 
5.750 
4.350 
4,200 
4,700 
7,360 
5,850 
5,250 
7,000 
6,660 
6,940 
6,210 
6,000 
6,550 
13,200 
12,800 
10,000 

March  28  b 

April  2,  3,  4,  5,  6  

11 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

159 
175 
170 
154 
105 
88 
88 
29 
107 
115 
108 
120 

21 
18 
19 
15 
217 
11 
8 
5 
10 
20 
15 
14 

April  9  10  11,  12,  13 

April  28,  29,  30,  May  1,  2,  3,  6.  .  . 

May  4  5,  7,  8 

July  4,  5,  7,  8  

July  9  10,  11,  14,  15 

July  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22  

July  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29 

July  30,  31,  August  1,  2,  3,  4,  5  
August  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  . 

274 
248 
260 
238 
302 
278 
312 
264 
308 
348 
406 
410 
374 
444 
428 
446 
426 
424 
476 
406 
530 
478 

August  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  

August  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26 

August  22 

August  27,  28,  29,  September  1,  2  
September  456789 

0 

0 
10 

0 
0 
7 
0 

121 
129 
106 
141 
146 
142 
149 

11 
20 
14 
15 
13 
28 
21 

September  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16.  .  .  . 
September  18,  19,  20,  2.1,  22,  23,  26.  ... 
September  25,  27,  28,  29,  30,  October  1. 
October  2,  3,  4  5,  6,  9 

October  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  16  

October  13    • 

October  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23  

7 
0 
6 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0 
'    0 

148 
163 
161 
175 
180 
168 
142 
166 
166 

17 
16 
20 
18 
20 
16 
29 
20 
10 

October  24,  25  26,  27,  28 

October  29,  30,  31,  November  1,  2.  ... 
November  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  11 

November  12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18.  ... 
November  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  25       /  .  . 

April  456789 

April  10,11,  12,13,  14.... 
April  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21  

a  Station  200;  depth,  2.3  feet. 


b  Station  440;  depth,  4.8  feet. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from   Yellowstone  River  at  highway 

bridge  near  Glendive,  Mont. 


Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

Number  of  daily  samples. 

H 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds)  (mil- 
ligrams per  liter). 

Radicles  in  per  cent  of  dissolved  solids. 

"c? 

j 

fa 

-0  + 

§1 

li" 

Carbonate  (CO3). 

Bicarbonate  (HCO3). 

Sulphate  (SO*). 

O 

Nitrate  (NO3). 

1905-6. 
April  2-  May  8  .  . 

21 
22 
28 
27 
24 
18 

+2.4 

466 
198 
263 
396 
445 
448 

14 

16 
17 
16 
15 
15 

5.4 
4.9 
3.7 
4.5 
5.4 

12 
15 
a  14 
15 
13 
12 

1.3 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 
.00 

37 
52 
43 
36 
38 
28 

39 

""38* 
42 
40 
.46 

3.6 
7.1 
.  3.8 
4.5 
7.2 

0.01 
.04 
.08 
.05 
.02 

July  4-29          • 

July  30-  August  26  

+4.5 
+6.2 
+2.3 

September  25-October  23 

October  24-November  18  

April  4-21 

Mean* 

3.8 

369 

15 

4.8 

14 

.22 

39 

41 

5.2 

.04 

o  Sodium  is  95  per  cent  and  potassium  is  7.1  per  cent  of  this  amount. 


YUBA  RIVER.  137 

Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Yellowstone  River  near  Glendive,   Mont. 


Month. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

1906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

January  

a  5,  700 

a  5  700 

February  

a  5,  700 

a  5  700 

Murrli  

617,600 

a  5,  700 

c4,670 

d9  680 

e^  760 

April 

6  210 

13  900 

4  370 

10  700 

(i  'iio 

,  g  44Q 

8  430 

Mav 

10  800 

27  000 

9  670 

25  100 

20  600 

21  300 

•to  inn 

June       .... 

40  000 

54  900 

48  000 

41  500 

53  200 

60  800 

49  800 

July 

28  100 

33  500 

29  200 

26  300 

64  000 

44  800 

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Vuu'ii^t        

14,000 

12,700 

11  100 

15  400 

24  100 

16  400 

15  600 

September 

7  740 

8  270 

5  750 

8  820 

11  600 

8  620 

8  470 

October  

6,860 

5,920 

5,610 

8  220 

9  500 

7  220 

November 

o5  750 

5  920 

5  570 

6  100 

/7  710 

6  080 

IVtvuiber 

a  5  700 

07  710 

*5  380 

r  (\  000 



The  year  

'  14  800 

a  Estimated. 
b  March  16-31. 


c  March  20-31. 
d  March  24^31. 


/Nov< 


ovember  1-10. 


ff  December  1-5. 
A  December  1-12. 


YUBA  RIVER  NEAR  SMART SVILLE,  CAL. 

Samples  of  water  were  collected  from  Yuba  River  at  the  narrows 
near  Smartsville,  Cal.,  from  July  7  to  September  7,  1905.  A  gaging 
station  was  established  by  the  United  States  Geological  Survey  near 
Smartsville,  June  2,  1903.  Stream-flow  data,  including  gage  heights, 
rating  tables,  and  estimates  of  discharge,  for  the  station  have  been 
published  by  the  Survey  in  the  following  reports: 

Annual  Report  22,  IV,  p.  463. 

Water-Supply  Papers:  51,  pp.  452-453;  85,  p.  157;  100,  pp.  270-272;  134,  pp. 
140-143;  177,  pp.  160-164;  213,  pp.  141-143;  251,  pp.  213-216. 

Additional  information  in  regard  to  the  quality  of  the  water  of 
Yuba  River  is  contained  in  Water-Supply  Paper  237,  " Quality  of 
California  surface  waters,"  pages  38-41. 

Partial  analyses,  gage  heights,  and  rates  of  discharge  of  water  and  solids  for  Yuba  River  at 
the  narrows  near  Smartsville,  Cal. 

[Drainage  area,  1,220  square  miles.] 


Analysis  (milligrams  per  liter). 

9> 

TJ 

Solids  (tons  per 
day). 

Dates. 

I 
1 

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08). 

1 
••'. 

1 

i 

i 

B  height  (fe 

ft 

§ 

1 
1 

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go 

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W) 

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8 

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pS- 

2* 

ca^ 

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§) 

q 

> 

2 

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I 

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1 

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§ 

ft 

i 

0 

w 

O 

CO 

p 

s 

a 

CO 

p 

1905. 

July  7... 

60 

134 

2.4 

980 

159 

355 

July  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15... 

0 

72 

7 

76 

96 

2.2 

845 

174 

219 

July  20 

o 

218 

2  0 

710 

o 

417 

July  21,  22,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29 

6.1 

74 

7 

26 

118 

1.8 

585 

41 

186 

August  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12  

0 

74 

12 

18 

96 

1.5 

480 

23 

124 

August  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19  . 

0 

78 

12 

112 

118 

1.4 

459 

139 

146 

August  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26 

0 

74 

2 

106 

112 

1.4 

459 

131 

139 

August  28,  29,  30,  31,  September  1,2... 
September  4,  5,  6,  7 

0 
0 

81 
88 

8 
8 

124 
88 

126 
152 

1.3 
1.3 

435 
435 

146 
103 

148 
178 

138       SOME   STREAM   WATERS   OF   THE   WESTERN   UNITED   STATES. 


Relative  amount  of  substances  in  solution  in  water  from  Yuba  River  at  the  narrows  near 

Smartsville,  Cat. 


C 

r?-- 

I 

.adicle 

s  in  pe 

r  cent 

of  diss 

olved 

solids. 

ft 

^1s 

Limiting  dates  of  composite. 

? 

d  solids 
rrams  per  lit 

g 

M 

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ci 

te  (CO3). 

b  o  n  a  t  e 
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0) 

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a 

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1905. 

July  7,  August  19         

29 

—0.5 

123 

15 

3.7 

a  15 

6.2 

58 

19 

5.7 

0.11 

August  21  September  7 

16 

+8.8 

152 

18 

4.3 

14 

.00 

57 

22 

6.0 

.06 

Mean 

4.6 

138 

16 

4.0 

14 

3.1 

58 

20 

5.8 

.08 

a  Sodium  is  87  per  cent  and  potassium  is  18  per  cent  of  this  amount. 
Monthly  discharge,  in  second-feet,  of  Yuba  River  near  Smartsville,  Cal. 


Month. 

1900. 

1903. 

1904. 

1905. 

]906. 

1907. 

1908. 

Mean. 

1.920 

4,900 

7,560 

4,990 

3,380 

4,550 

February 

14,900 

5,010 

4,970 

14,100 

2,230 

8,240 

March 

15,400 

7,110 

12,000 

17,300 

3,590 

11,100 

April 

10,600 

6,750 

8,770 

13,100 

4,800 

8,800 

MaV 

10,600 

6,070 

10,800 

8,750 

5,200 

8,280 

June 

2,910 

4,650 

3,100 

10,000 

6,750 

3,180 

5,100 

July    

724 

899 

1,160 

782 

3,350 

3,060 

705 

1,530 

August 

480 

516 

580 

471 

744 

736 

350 

554 

September 

458 

479 

637 

429 

520 

505 

329 

480 

October                                       ..  . 

ol,540 

550 

1,860 

453 

403 

517 

521 

835 

November 

4,890 

1,180 

474 

757 

472 

478 

1,380 

December                                 

2,010 

2,280 

566 

4,130 

1,590 

764 

1,890 

The  year                  

.5,480 

3,010 

5,330 

5,990 

2,130 

4,390 

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In  addition  to  the  series  of  analyses  of  stream  waters,  analyses  of 
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from  time  to  time  at  the  Berkeley  laboratory.  These  analyses  are 
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.ANALYSES  OF  SUSPENDED  MATTER. 

Colorado  River  and  the  Rio  Grande  carry  more  matter  in  suspen- 
sion than  do  most  other  streams  in  the  United  States.  The  nature  of 
this  suspended  matter  and  its  fertilizing  value  are  of  special  interest. 
Analyses  of  the  mineral  matter  carried  by  these  two  streams  were 
made  at  various  times  in  1905.  The  results  of  plant  food  analyses, 
by  the  method  of  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural  Chemists, 
and  the  ultimate  composition  of  the  suspended  matter  obtained  by 
the  fusion  method  are  presented  in  the  following  tables : 

Analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water  from  Colorado  River  and  the  Rio  Grande  in  1905. 


Constituent. 

• 
Colorado  River  at  Yuma. 

Rio  Grande 
at  El  Paso. 

Rio  Grande 
at  San 
Marcial. 

Jan. 
to 
Apr. 

May. 

June. 

Aug. 

Sept. 

Oct. 

Nov. 

Dec. 

Jan. 
to 
Sept. 

Oct. 
to 
Dec. 

Jan. 
to 
Sept. 

Oct. 
to 
Dec. 

67.00 
.13 
.77 
.18 
4.08 
1.97 

16.64 
.49 
.17 
8.32 
.07 

Insoluble  residue 

68.65 
.10 
.71 
.33 
5.32 
2.40 

13.45 
.37 
.24 
8.00 
.07 

75.80 
.09 
.61 
.30 
4.95 
1.97 

9.37 
.24 
.20 
6.34 
.08 

78.97 
.09 
.39 
.17 
5.15 
1.17 

7.19 
.29 
.13 
4.59 
.07 

75.20 
.03 
.82 
.21 
4.69 
1.59 

10.62 
.24 
.09 
5.62 
.02 

61.80 
.05 
1.31 
.23 
6.28 
1.93 

17.45 
.18 
.19 
10.20 
.09 

62.83 
.03 
1.25 
.29 

7.68 
2.68 

16.04 
.24 
.11 
10.19 
.08 

66.40 
.04 
.91 
.17 
6.52 
2.54 

14.76 
.29 
.11 
8.97 
.09 

68.80 
.03 
.98 
.20 
4.73 
2.28 

14.25 
.31 
.07 
8.02 
.08 

65.50 
.12 
.77 
.36 
4.28 
2.12 

17.78 
.35 
.32 
9.30 
.09 

65.00 
.13 
.95 
.40 
4.17 
2.30 

17.69 
.56 
.24 
8.98 
.08 

63.74 
.13 
.96 
.23 
4.17 
1.98 

18.81 
.40 
.26 
9.25 
.09 

Soluble  silica  (SiO2) 

Potassium  oxide  (KjO)  
Sodium  oxide  (NaaO)  
Calcium  oxide  (CaO)  
Magnesium  oxide  (MgO).  .  . 
Iron  and  aluminum  oxides 
(Fe2OH-Al2O3)  ' 

Phosphoric  acid  (PaOs)  
Sulphuric  acid  (SOa) 

Water  and  organic  matter.  . 
Total  nitrogen  (N) 

Ultimate  composition  of  suspended  matter  in  water  from  Colorado  River  at  Yuma,  Ariz., 
May,  1905,  and  from  Rio  Grande  at  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  October  to  December,  1905. 


Constituent. 

Colorado 
River. 

Rio 
Grande. 

Silica  (SiOa) 

65.09 

56.77 

Iron  oxide  (Fe2Oa) 

3.79 

3.49 

Aluminum  oxide  (A  ^Os) 

11.50 

19.62 

Manganese  oxide  (MnO) 

.31 

.30 

Calcium  oxide  (CaO  )                                                                               

6.34 

4.74 

Magnesium  oxide  (MgO) 

1.97 

1.97 

Sodium  oxide  (NazO)  .                         

1.66 

1.53 

Potassium  oxide  (KjO) 

2.62 

2.87 

Phosphoric  acid  (PjOs) 

.33 

.51 

Sulphuric  acid  (SOs) 

.47 

.48 

Organic  and  volatile  matter  .                

6.34 

8.32 

SEDIMENT  CARRIED  BY  THE  RIO  GRANDE. 


By  HERMAN  STABLER. 


BASIC  DATA. 

The  following  study  of  the  sediment  carried  by  the  Rio  Grande  is 
based  on  (1)  measurements  made  at  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  by  the 
International  Boundary  Commission  and  published  by  the  United 
States  Geological  Survey;  and  (2)  determinations  of  silt,  by  weight, 
made  for  the  Reclamation  Service  in  the  laboratory  at  Berkeley,  Cal., 
under  the  direction  of  T.  H.  Means  and  W.  H.  Heileman. 

The  stream  measurements  and  computations  of  flow  were  made  in 
accordance  with  the  usual  methods  for  shifting  channels,  and  reliable 
results  are  available  for  the  12  years  beginning  with  1897.  The 
analytical  results  were  developed  from  determinations,  by  the  indirect 
method,  of  the  weight  of  suspended  matter  in  samples  collected  for 
the  most  part  twice  a  week  from  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Marcial, 
N.  Mex.,  from  May  28,  1905,  to  April  27,  1906. 

TABULATED   ESTIMATES. 

In  Table  1  are  presented  the  daily  discharge  of  water,  in  acre-feet 
(obtained  by  multiplying  the  published  discharge  in  second-feet  by 
2);  the  actual  individual  determinations  of  per  cent,  by  weight,  of 
suspended  matter;  estimates  of  the  per  cent,  by  volume,  of  sediment 
for  each  day  (made  from  the  basic  data  on  the  assumption  that  85 
pounds  of  suspended  matter  will  make  a  cubic  foot  of  sediment); 
and  estimates  of  the  daily  discharge,  in  acre-feet,  of  sediment. 

151 


152 


SEDIMENT  CARRIED   BY   THE   RIO   GRANDE. 


TABLE  1. — Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Martial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907. 


Day. 

May,  1905. 

June,  1905. 

July,  1905. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

Per  cent;  by 
weight,  of 
sediment. 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

Per  cent,  by 
weight,  of 
sediment. 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
.  acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
.acre-feet. 

Per  cent,  by 
weight,  of 
sedunent. 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

1 

15,000 
15,300 
15,500 
21,700 
24,400 

24,200 
21,900 
20,000 
21,100 
19  300 

38,700 

1,740 

518 
34 

5,540 
3,980 
3,200 
2,750 
2,520 

2,290 
2,090 
1,930 
1,570 
1,330 

1,090 
930 
930 
740 
550 

550 
460 
380 
370 
360 

350 
340 
330 
320 
240 

(240 
160 
140 
140 
130 
130 

30.9 

•  82.6 
6.8 

2  

3 





39,300 
39,900 
34,200 

0.454 

oQ.333 

0.139 

oQ.102 

4 

5 

32,700 

33,000 
31,600 

6 

.454 

o.333 

.139 

0.102 

7 

3 

30,900 
30,100 

9 

.139 

0.102 

10 

31,900 

34,800 
36,900 
32,  700 

11 

17  400 

12 

21,200 

.454 

a.  333 

.139 

0.102 

13 

20  100 

14 

21,400 
20,  300 

27,100 
24,300 

23,800 
25,600 
27,500 
21,900 
20,300 

15  

.454 

o.333 

2.035 

ol.49 

16 

23,500 
25,100 

17  

18... 

27,400 

.429 

o.315 

2.035 

ol.49 

19  

20 

30,800 
33,100 



21 

34,700 
46,800 
57,200 
58,100 

17,600 
15,000 

.429 

o.315 

2.035 

ol.49 

22 

23 

13,400 
12,700 
10,600 

8,160 
7,000 

24  

.429 

a.315 

2.035 

ol.49 

25 

47,100 

56,000 
54,200 
51,200 
47,200 
40,900 
38,100 

26 

.139 

0.102 

27  

2.035 

ol.49 

28 

aO.454 

7,000 
6,140 

.139 

0.102 

29 

30 

o.454 

5,280 

.139 

a.102 

31 

2.315 

ol.70 

Total  b  and 
mean  

962,221 

.454 

.333 

3,200 

714,268 

.437 

.321 

2,292 

35,782 

.457 

.336 

120.3 

a  Composite  of  samples  taken  on  days  indicated  by  like  numbers. 

b  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


TABULATED  ESTIMATES. 


153 


TABLE  1.  —  Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907  —  Continued. 


Day. 

August,  1905. 

September,  1905. 

October,  1805. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

£°*J 

+r«S 

§|| 

bill 

PH 

Per  cent,  by. 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

Per  cent,  by 
weight,  of 
sediment. 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

£°- 

~~S 

C  ~  g 

g  33 

a" 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

1 

810 
990 
1,290 
1,290 

0 
0 
0 

0 
0 

360 
640 
300 
300 
390 

190 
100 
20 
10 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
100 

940 

800 
290 
460 
420 

173.0 

360 

340 
330 
320 
320 

310 

300 
250 
210 
170 

170 
190 
190 
190 
190 

170 
160 
160 
170 
170 

1?0 
190 
190 
180 
210 

250 

270 
300 
360 
360 
340 

2.4 
2.34 
2.3 
2.2 
2.14 

2.0 
1.7 
1.4 
1.1 
.951 

.651 
.65 
.60 
.548 
.54 

.53 
.529 
.50 
.46 
.445 

.44 
.45 
.438 
.43 
.50 

.544 
.52 
.503 
.60 
.60 
.584 

8.6 
8.0 
7.6 
7.0 
6.9 

6.2 
5.1 
3.5 
2.3 
1.6 

1.1 
1.2 
1.1 
1.0 
1.0 

.9 
.8 
.8 
.8 
.8 

.7 
.9 
.8 
.8 
1.0 

1.4 
1.4 
1.5 
2.2 
2.2 
2.0 

2 

3.19 
"2."  92" 

3 

2.315 

ol.700 

4  

5 

1  140 

Q 

1,290 
1,140 
1,160 
1,400 
1,340 

1  290 

2.315 

al.700 

344 

7 

g 

g 

10.20 

7.49 

10 

1.29 

.887 

11 

19 

1,420 
1  240 

13 

14 

1,180 
940 

700 
510 
290 
250 
220 

190 
120 
50 
10 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

,747 

15 

2.315 

al.700 

.4 

70.5 
58.3 
8.7 
17.2 
14.7 

16 

.720 

18 

2.315 

al.700 

19 

20 

.606 

21 

2.315 

ol.700 

22 

23 

|    0.0 

.597 

24 

.078 

.057 

25 

.440 

.323 

7.5 
7.29 
3. 
3.74 
3.5 

26... 
27 

.741 

9.92 

28 

.685 

29 

5.09 

30 

31 

.795 

Total  b  and 
mean  

, 

20,093 

2.33 

1.71 

344.0 

5,276 

8.80 

6.46 

342.8 

7,349 

1.46 

1.07 

79.2 

o  Composite  of  samples  taken  on  days  indicated  by  like  numbers. 

b  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


154 


SEDIMENT   CARRIED   BY   THE   RIO   GRANDE. 


TABLE  1. —  Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Martial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907— Continued. 


Date. 

November,  1905. 

December,  1905. 

January,  1906. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

£^ 
*^8 

OJS  & 

1*1 

fcll 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

S°- 

if! 

fc*£ 

P-I 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

^ 

•u-tj  « 

—  ~  - 
g^ 

fc    ?    CQ 

P4 

I'er  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

1 

320 
320 
350 
440 
520 

570 
750 
1,100 

0.50 
.50 
.527 
.60 
.80 

.85 
.90 
1.10 
1.13 
.50 

.0470 
.50 
.50 
.630 
.58 

.53 
.485 
.45 
.42 
.407 

.40 
.50 
.546 
3. 
2.34 

2.0 
1.5 
1.00 
1.0 

1.80 

1.6 
1.6 
1.8 
2.6 
4.2 

4.8 
6.8 
12.1 
15.6 
4.5 

0.6 
5.8 
5.1 
6.9 
6.1 

5.1 
4.7 
4.3 
4.0 
3.9 

3.8 
5.4 
6.5 
223.2 
90.0 

64.8 
34.8 
12.4 
12.4 
55.1 

3,060 
1,980 
1,630 
1,360 
1,220 

1,010 
1,170 
1,210 
1,130 
1,310 

1,310 
1,210 
1,320 
1,320 
1,480 

1,540 
1,390 
1,240 
1,290 
1,290 

1,290 
1,030 
890 
460 
350 

320 
350 
360 
370 
370 
370 

1.8 
1.4 

.984 
.80 
.60 

.478 
.45 
.45 
.418 
.40 

.36 
.334 
.33 
.33 
.352 

.35 
.32 

.288 
.29 
.29 

.286 
.25 
.20 
.154 
.10 

.05 
.052 
.06 
.09 
.087 
.85 

55.1 

27.7 
16.0 
10.9 
7.3 

4.8 
5.3 
5.4 

4.7 
5.2 

4.7 
4.4 
4.5 
4.5 
5.2 

5.4 
4.5 
3.6 
3.7 
3.7 

3.7 
2.6 
1.8 
.7 
.4 

.2 
.2 
.2 
.4 
.3 
.3 

310 
250 
310 
370 
560 

560 
520 
480 
480 
520 

570 
600 
810 
1,030 
1,440 

1,960 
2,500 
2,640 
2,780 
2,620 

2,260 
1,900 
1,400 
1,120 
1,080 

970 
1,050 
1,290 
1,610 
1,510 
1,300 

"6."  635" 

0.050 
.026 
.040 
.050 
.067 

.060 
.055 
.050 
.050 
.050 

.046 
.050 
.10 
.159 
.20 

.30 
.428 
.45 
.50 
.568 

.50 
.45 
.427 
.30 
.20 

.143 
.20 
.25 
.264 
.25 
.236 

0.2 
.1 
.1 
.2 
.4 

.3 
.3 
.2 
.2 
.3 

.3 
.3 
.8 
1.6 
2.9 

5.9 
10.7 
11.9 
13.9 
14.9 

11.3 
8.5 
6.0 
3.4 
2.2 

1.4 
2.1 
3.2 
4.3 
3.8 
3.1 

2 

0.718 

3  

1.34 

4 

.  5 

.091 

g 

.651 

7 

8 

.068 

9 

1,380 
900 

1,330 
1,160 
1,020 

1.54 

.570 

10 

11 

.064 

.062 

12... 
13 

.455 

14  

1,100 
1,060 

.859 

.217 

15 

.483 

16 

960 
960 
960 
960 
960 

960 
1,080 
1,210 
7,440 

17 

.660 

.583 

18 

.392 

19 

"."774" 

20  

.554 

.389 

21 

22 

".'743" 

23 

.582 

24  

209 
"  67i" 

25 

3,840 

3,240 
2.320 
1,240 
1,240 

3.19 

26 

.195 
"."359" 

27 

28 

1.36 

29 

30 

3,060 

2.45 

.119 

31 

.322 

Total  o  and 
mean  

42,397 

1.97 

1.44 

610.6 

34,344 

.783 

.575 

197.4 

36,496 

.428 

.315 

114.8 

a  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


TABULATED   ESTIMATES. 


155 


TABLE  1. — Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Martial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907—  Continued. 


Day. 

February,  1906. 

March,  1906. 

April,  1906. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

S-i 

=  V    S 

pi 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

Per  cent,  by 

weight,  of 
sediment. 

*°s 

PI 

0.25 
.24 
.235 
.24 
.24 

.246 
.25 
.22 
.197 
.20 

.18 
.177 
.20 
.30 
.473 

.50 
.50 
.839 
.85 
.75 

.694 
.60 
.55 

.487 
.60 

.75 

.788 
.50 
.30 
.208 
.50 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

^g 

|fl 

£?     , 

£°~ 

PI 

1.00 
1.00 
1.02 
.90 
.80 

.729 
.73 
.73 
.733 
.73 

.80 

.  '.MM 
.90 
.95 
1.00 

1.10 
1.15 
1.20 
1.10 
1.00 

.835 
.84 
.85 
.854 
.80 

.70 
.665 
.60 
.55 
.515 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

l 

,430 

0.30 
.40 
.468 
.50 
.50 

.760 
.50 
.50 
.446 
.40 

.38 
.359 
.35 
.34 
.335 

.34 
.34 
.349 
.30 
.25 

.241 
.23 
.22 
.219 
.22 

.22 
.273 
.25 

4.3 

5.8 
5.8 
6.2 
6.2 

10.7 
6.2 
6.2 
5.7 
5.5 

5.4 

5.7 
5.0 
6.0 
5.9 

5.8 
5.6 
5.4 
4.3 
3.5 

3.5 
2.9 
2.9 
2.9 
2.9 

3.0 
4.3 
3.6 

1,580 
1,520 
1,460 
1,240 
1,220 

1,380 
1,500 
1,260 
1,160 
1,160 

1,500 
1,500 
1,160 
1,400 
1,840 

1,960 
1,840 
2,060 
2,220 
1,900 

1,580 
1,360 
1,380 
1,040 
1,260 

1,480 
1,480 
4,660 
4,900 

4.0 
3.6 
3.4 
3.0 
2.9 

3.4 
3.8 
2.8 
2.3 
2.3 

2.7 
2.7 
2.3 
4.2 

8.7 

9.8 
9.2 
17.3 
18.9 
14.3 

11.0 

8.2 
7.6 
5.1 

7.6 

11.1 
11.7 
23.3 
14.7 
9.2 
14.7 

2,520 
2,220 
2,420 
2,660 
2,900 

2,900 
2,760 
2,780 
2,880 

2,760 

3,060 
3,460 
3,380 
3,540 
4,040 

4,500 
4,800 
5,320 
5,600 
5,880 

6,640 
7,820 
8,200 
8,760 
9,340 

12,000 
11,680 
10,380 
9,380 
9,940 

25.2 
22.2 
24.7 
23.9 
23.2 

21.2 
20.2 
20.3 
21.0 
20.2 

24.5 
32.6 
30.4 
33.6 
40.4 

49.5 
55.1 
63.8 
61.6 
58.8 

55.4 
65.7 
69.7 
74.8 
74.7 

84.0 
77.6 
62.3 
51.6 
51.2 

440 

"6."  320 

.1 

,250 
,250 

0.638 

1.390 

4 

5 

250 

G 

,410 
,230 
,250 
,270 
,370 

,420 
,590 
,590 
,750 

1.035 

.335 

.900 

7 

g 

9 

.609 

.268 

.998 

10  
11 

12       

.499 

.241 

1.285 

13 

14 

15                .   . 

,750 
,700 

.456 

.645 

10          

'i.W 

1.136 
i."i62' 

,050 
1,560 
1,420 
1,400 

1,440 
1,260 
1,320 
1,320 
1.340 

".'475' 

18       

i.i4i 



l'i 

20  

.329 

.944 

21  
22 

23 

".'664' 

24  
25 

.298 

26                           1-3fiO 

27  
28 

1,560 
1,440 

.372 

1.073 

.905 
"."763" 

29 

so::  ....;; 

4,400 
2,940 

.284 

31 

Total  «  and 
mean  

39,689 

.486 

.357 

141.8 

.  >(  i  ,  St  it  ) 

.588 

.432 

245.8 

163,140 

1.119 

.821 

1,139.4 

a  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


156 


SEDIMENT  CARRIED   BY   THE  ,RIO   GRANDE. 


TABLE  1. — Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Martial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907— Continued. 


Day. 

May,  1906. 

June,  1906. 

July,  1906. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

£°- 

"££  a 

1>  M.9 
°'ST3 
fell 

PH 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

£^ 

„  ~sa 

+J  +J  O> 

III 

fc£g 

PH 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

Discharge  in 
acre-feet. 

£^ 

~  ..a 

eSl 

if! 

fe*i 

PH 

Per  cent,  by 
volume,  of 
sediment. 

Sediment  in 
acre-feet. 

1 

9,940 
10,760 

0.50 
.45 

.433 
.42 
.40 

.395 
.45 
.50 

.483 
.60 

.65 
.727 
.70 
.60 
.424 

.40 
.38 
.361 
.35 
.40 

.45 
.480 
.46 
.44 
.421 

.40 
.38 
.366 
.32 

.30 

.288 

49.7 
48.3 
39.5 
37.2 
33.7 

34.7 
53.0 
70.8 
68.4 
93.6 

107.0 
136.2 
141.1 
124.1 
38.9 

78.2 
73.8 
69.7 
62.0 
71.6 

90.5 
103.7 
98.5 
90.3 
85.5 

79.1 
71.0 
65.2 

48.8 
42.8 
36.7 

11,960 
11,180 
10,640 
11,120 
10,120 

10,100 
10,600 
10,600 
10,600 
10,860 

11,140 
11,720 
12,480 
13,540 
16,040 

17,000 
16,880 
17,060 
16,660 
15,680 

14,400 
13,760 
12,400 
10,300 
9,180 

8,660 
7,360 
5,860 
5,420 
4,620 

0.28 

.27 
.267 
.28 
.30 

.31 
.322 
.30 
.25 
.244 

.25 
.25 

.256 
.27 
.29 

.312 
.31 
.32 
.325 
.30 

.27 
.24 
.20 
.18 
.15 

.086 
.10 
.15 
.172 
.40 

33.5 
31.8 
28.4 
31.1 
30.4 

31.3 

34.1 
31.8 
26.5 
26.5 

27.8 
29.3 
31.9 
36.8 
46.5 

53.1 
52.3 
54.6 
54.2 
47.0 

38.9 
33.0 
24.8 
18.5 
13.8 

7.5 
7.4 
8.8 
9.3 
18.5 

3,900 
3,420 
3,620 
4,220 
4,620 

4,220 
4,620 
5,160 
4,900 
4,780 

4,380 
4,060 
4,020 
3,860 
3,980 

4,420 
4,220 
4,360 
4,540 
5,280 

4,680 
4,100 
3,520 
3,230 
2,780 

2,340 
2,340 
2,140 
2,140 
2,560 
2,900 

0.60 
.600 
.55 
.50 
.490 

.47 
.46 
.663 
.70 
.75 

.778 
.60 
.50 
.458 
.40 

.40 
.407 
.45 
.50 
.580 

.45 
.40 
.316 
.28 
.24 

.183 
.22 
.26 
.296 
.50 
.627 

23.4 
20.5 
19.9 
21.1 
22.6 

19.8 
21.3 
34.2 
34.3 
35.8 

34.1 
24.4 
20.1 
17.7 
15.9 

17.7 
17.2 
19.6 
22.7 
30.6 

21.1 
16.4 
11.1 
9.0 

6.7 

4.3 
5.2 
5.6 
6.3 

12.8 
18.2 

2 

0.817 

3 

9,120 
8,860 

0.588 

0.364 

4  

5  .. 
6 

8,420 

8,780 
11,780 

.'538 

.668 

7  

.438 

g 

14,160 

.903 

9  

14,160 
15,600 

16,460 
18,740 
20,160 
20,680 
20,900 

19,560 
19,420 
19,300 
17,700 
17,900 

20,120 
21,600 
21,400 
20,500 

.658 

10 

.332 

n 

1.060 

12  

.990 

13 

.349 

14  

.624 
"."554" 

15  

16 

.578 

.425 

17... 

18 

.492 

19... 

.443 

20 

.790 

21 

22... 

.654 

23 

.430 
.249 

24... 

25 

20,320 

19,780 
18,660 
17,820 
15,260 
14,260 
12,760 

.574 

26 

.117 

27... 

".'499" 
"."393" 

28 

29... 

.234 

.403 
".'854' 

30. 

31  

Total  a  and 
mean  

500,707 

.624 

.458 

2,293.6 

345,064 

.364 

,267 

919.  4 

118,314 

.678 

.498 

589.6 

o  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


TAIU'LATKI)    KSTI.MATKS. 


157 


TABLE  1. —  Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Mardal,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907 — Continued. 


Day. 

August,  1906. 

September,  1906. 

October,  1908. 

a 
II 

11 

Q 

**£ 

C  J2  Q 

gsg 

£** 

£^ 

Hi 

2?l 

•S 

r 

a  . 
|| 

£*«! 

3S8 

P* 

^ 

fell 
PH 

a 

ii 
li 

03 

a 

ll 

Q 

^ 

fell 

£°~ 

^afCJ 

«!§ 
U" 

.a  . 

1... 

•> 

3,880 
3,350 
2,940 
2,960 
2,980 

2,720 
2,190 
2,190 
2,190 
1,950 

0.90 
1.0 
1.26 
1.0 
.90 

.795 
.75 
.73 
.717 
.75 

.75 
.763 
.60 
.50 
.502 

.80 
.80 
.892 
.50 
.25 

.121 
.20 
.30 
.450 
.50 

.80 
.977 
1.00 
1.00 
1.08 
1.00 

34.9 
33.5 
37.1 
29.6 
26.8 

21.6 
16.4 
16.0 
15.7 
14.6 

14.6 
9.5 
7.2 
5.8 
5.3 

10.6 
9.8 
7.5 
4.0 
1.4 

.5 
.9 
1.2 
1.4 
1.0 

3.8 
6.3 
5.9 
5.4 
4.0 
4.2 

340 
350 
250 
160 
140 

100 
80 
80 
60 

40 

20 
10 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 
0 
30 

100 
140 
18,140 
3,580 
2,120 

2 
3.255 
2.5 
1.5 

1.095 

1.3 
1.5 
1.588 
1.6 
1.6 

1.6 
1.6 

6.8 
11.4 
6.2 
2.4 
1.5 

1.3 
1.2 
1.3 
1.0 
.6 

.3 
.2 
.0 

2,220 
2,140 
2,540 
2,760 
2,760 

2,760 
2,820 
2,620 
2,360 
2,220 

2,020 
1,820 
1,880 

1.2 
1.15 
1.125 
1.0 

.85 

.733 
.65 
.60 
.537 
.45 

.40 
.364 
.35 
.33 
.314 

.30 
.30 
.296 
.30 
.30 

.311 
.611 
.60 
.60 
.602 

.60 
.60 
.597 
.55 
.50 
.491 

26.6 
24.6 
28.6 
27.6 
23.5 

20.2 
18.3 
15.7 
12.7 
10.0 

8.1 
6.6 
6.6 
6.4 
6.3 

5.8 
6.1 
5.2 
5.5 
5.6 

6.3 
13.2 
14.5 
15.0 
16.7 

15.0 
14.5 
12.8 
13.8 
14.2 
13.8 

"i.W 

4.436 

3 

1.532 

1  •  

1.492 

g 

1.084 
".'976" 

.999 

7  

1  

2.162 

.730 

10 

11 

,950 

....... 

12 

,250 
,200 

1.039 

.495 

13 

14 

150 

*0 

1,940 

15  

16 

,050 
1,320 

.684 

.0 

.0 
.0 

2,000 

1,940 
2,040 

.427 



17 

1,230 

18  

19 

840 
810 
580 

440 
440 
400 
310 
210 

480 
640 
590 
540 
370 
420 

1.216 

.0 
.0 

1,760 
1,820 

.403 

20 

.0 

1,880 

21 

.165 

.0 
.0 
.0 

2,020 
2,160 
2,420 

.423 
.833 

99 

23 

24 

.613 

.0 

.1 

1.0 
1.4 
1,308 
71.6 
25.5 

2,500 
2,780 

2,500 
2,420 
2,140 
2,500 
2,830 
2,620 

"."820" 

25 

.359 

.290 

1.00 
1.00 
7.21 
2.0 
1.203 

26 

27          

1.332 

"9."82i" 
"i."639" 

28 

.813 

29  

30 

1.470 

31  

.669 

Total  a  and 
mean  

43,210 

1.124 

.825 

356.5 

25,527 

7.68 

5.04 

1,441.8 

70,830 

.808 

.593 

419.8 

a  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


158 


SEDIMENT   CARRIED  BY   THE   RIO   GRANDE. 


TABLE  1. —  Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907 — Continued. 


Day. 

November,  1906. 

December,  1906. 

January,  1907. 

5   . 

£^ 

~%r§ 
ex:  a 

0>  SJD.5 

"I* 

0)  •>  co 

j?^ 

HI 

& 

_c 

el 
§1 

1s 

|| 

1s 

£°^ 
ssl 

m 

S   i*   OJ 

^ 

^•iS 

£   >   02 

.s  . 

el 

Jl 

|| 

11 
Q 

£°^ 

4-T-^S 

C  -C  g 

5|ra 

rs 

£*~ 

111 
p! 

g 

li 

"a;  °* 

1 

2,820 
2,960 
3,100 
3,040 
3,300 

3,240 
3.140 

0.47 
.45 
.416 

.42 
.43 

.433 
.40 
.38 
.375 
.35 

.35 
.325 
.30 
.30 
.294 

.28 
.27 
.26 
.25 
.246 

.24 
.24 
.233 
.22 
.21 

.207 
.24 

13.2 
13.3 
12.9 
12.8 
14.2 

14.0 
12.6 
11.9 
11.6 
10.2 

10.6 
9.7 

8.8 
8.7 
8.3 

7.9 
7.5 
7.1 
6.2 
6.3 

6.0 
5.3 
4.2 
3.2 
3.8 

3.7 
4  8 

2,960 
2,780 
2,840 
3,120 
3,540 

7,000 
9,000 
4,240 
3,500 
3,200 

3,100 
2,900 
3;  020 
2,800 
2,660 

2,680 
2,380 
1,920 
1,830 
1,560 

,380 
,460 
,370 
,650 
,930 

.930 
910 

6."  492' 

"."74ti' 
".'892' 

0.35 
.361 
.40 
.45 

..548 

.70 
.70 
.655 
.50 
.40 

.276 
.28 
.28 
.286 
.30 

.35 
.421 
.35 
.30 
.242 

.22 
.20 
.194 
.19 
.19 

.187 
.18 
.18 
.182 
.15 
.125 

10.4 

10.0 
11.4 
14.0 
19.4 

49.0 
63.0 

27.8 
17.5 
12.8 

8.6 
8.1 
8.5 
8.0 
8.0 

9.4 
10.0 
6.7 
5.5 
3.8 

3.0 
2.9 
2.7 
3.1 
3.7 

3.7 
3.4 
3.5 
3.5 
3.1 
2.8 

2.020 
1,960 
2,070 
2,070 
1,890 

1,370 
1,530 
1,590 
1,800 
1,960 

2,120 
2,280 
2,060 
2,000 
1,940 

1,940 
1,940 
2,510 
2,770 
2,550 

2,260 
2,020 
1,940 
1,540 
1,720 

1,990 
1,720 
1,720 
1,900 
1,940 
2,020 

0.12 
.12 
.124 
.12 
.12 

.112 
.14 
.17 
.197 
.19 

.18 
.175 
.17 
.17 
.170 

.18 
.19 
.199 
.19 
.17 

.153 
.13 
.11 
.099 
.11 

.12 
.13 
.138 
.14 
.131 
.15 

2.4 
2.4 
2.6 
2.5 
2.3 

1.5 
2.1 
2.7 
3.5 
3.7 

3.8 
4.0 
3.5 
3.4 
3.3 

3.5 
3.7 
5.0 
5.3 
4.3 

3.5 
2.6 
2.1 
1.5 
1.9 

2.4 
2.2 
2.4 
2.7 
2.5 
3.0 

2.   

3 

0.566 

0.  Ui9 

5  ] 

6 

.590 

.152 

7  

g 

3,120 
3.100 
2,900 

3,020 
2,980 
2,940 

9     . 

511 
"  442" 

.268 

10 

.376 

11 

12 

.239 

13 

".'388" 

14 

2  900 

15     

2,840 

2,800 
2,760 
2,720 
2,500 

.400 

.232 

16... 
17 

.573 

18 



.271 

19 

20 

2,560 

2,480 
2,220 

.335 

.330 

21  
22     

.209 

23 

1,800 
1  440 

.3l7 

.264 

"."134" 

24 

25 

1,800 

1,800 
1  980 

.255 

26 

.282 

27 

28... 
29 

1,920 
2,020 
2,200 

".'368' 

.26 
.270 
.30 

4.5 
5.5 

6.6 

1,960 
1,930 
2,080 
2,230 

.188 

.248 

30     

.178 

31 

.170 

Total  a  and 
mean  

77,752 

.447 

.328 

255.4 

86,  142 

.549 

.403 

347.3 

60,635 

.214 

.152 

92.3 

a  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  takins;  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


TABULATED   ESTIMATES. 


159 


TABLE  1. — Water  and  sediment  in  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  May,  1905, 

to  April,  1907 — Continued. 


Day. 

February,  1907. 

March,  1907. 

April,  1907. 

a 

!! 

is 

5 

£°~ 

..  ~o 

*j  -4->  a> 

Iff 

?** 

£^ 

~§S 

ill 
fc?l 

PH 

5 

|! 

|1 

s 

!!-i 
!fl 

£  P  35 
fc 

^ 

IM 

.a 

i| 

a  t 

^ 

|fl 

£°s 

?* 

a  . 

|1 

sg 

r 

I... 

•> 

2,160 
2.120 
2,580 
2,740 

0.15 
.167 
.25 
.35 
.423 

.38 
.36 
.342 
.33 
.33 

.326 
.30 
.29 
.281 
.25 

.23 
.214 

3.2 
3.5 
6.4 
9.6 
11.4 

9.0 
8.0 
8.1 
8.1 
8.1 

8.0 
6.6 
6.0 
6.0 
5.1 

5.1 

.8 

2,780 
2,500 
2,480 
2,080 
1,900 

1,900 
1,680 
1,640 
1,800 
1,920 

2,260 
2,380 
2,060 
2,280 
2,300 

2,080 
1,740 

0.25 
.25 
.251 
.20 
.17 

.172 
.17 
.17 
.170 
.20 

.22 
.223 
.22 
.22 
.223 

.20 
.15 
.131 
.15 
.20 

.223 
.30 
.458 
.48 
.50 

.507 
.48 
.45 
.40 
.36 
.325 

7.0 
6.2 
6.2 
4.2 
3.2 

3.2 
2.9 
2.8 
3.1 
3.8 

5.0 
5.3 
4.5 
5.0 
5.1 

4.2 
2.6 
1.9 
2.2 
3.0 

5.0 
7.5 
21.5 
26.0 
27.9 

29.2 
27.0 
23.9 
22.2 
20.3 
15.2 

3,900 
3,920 
3,480 
3.400 
3,440 

3.840 
4,640 
4.640 
4,000 
3,580 

4,080 
3,620 
4,700 
6.360 
8,420 

11,160 
11,560 
12,400 
11,420 
12,900 

15,000 
15,000 
11,600 
9,900 
10,220 

9,300 
7,680 
6,  3CO 
6,  4CO 
7,540 

0.25 
.20 
.186 
.20 
.22 

.235 
.24 
.24 
.239 
.24 

.24 
.238 
.40 
.426 
.45 

.571 
.50 
.45 
.421 
.40 

.40 
.387 
.37 
.353 
.33 

.30 
.270 
.25 
.25 
.25 

9.8 

7.8 
6.6 
6.8 
7.6 

9.0 
11.2 
11.2 
9.6 
8.6 

9.8 

8.6 
18.8 
27.1 
37.9 

63.6 
57.8 
55.8 
48.1 
51.6 

60.0 
58.0 
42.9 
35.0 
33.8 

27.9 
20.7 
15.9 
16.2 
18.8 

0.227 

"6."  342" 

3  

4 

0.254 

5 

2.700 
2.360 

.573 

.234 
"."23i" 

.320 

6 

2,220 
2,380 
2,460 
2,460 

"."iwV 

8      

9 

.325 

10  

11  

2,460 
2,200 

.444 

12 

.304 
"."363" 

.325 

13 

2  060 

14  

2,120 
2,040 

2,200 
2,220 

.383 

.580 

15 

16 

.778 
"."575" 

17  

.292 

18 

2,300 

.20 
20 

.6 

o 

1,420 
1  480 

.179 

19 

2  300 

20       .     . 

2,380 
2,600 

.258 

.189 

.17 
.17 
.160 
.18 
.20 

.236 
.24 
.246 

.5 

.4 
.6 
.2 
4.6 
5.6 

6.9 
6.7 
6.9 

1,520 

2,260 
2,500 
4,700 
5,420 
5,580 

5,760 
5,620 
5,300 
5,440 

.303 
".'(124' 

21  .. 

22 

2  720 

.527 

23  

2,600 
2,540 

.  218 

24 

.481 
".'368' 

25  

2,820 

2,920 
2,800 

.691 

26 

.322 

27  

28 

2,800 

.335 

29  

. 

30 

5,620 
4,520 

31  

.442 

Total  «  and 
mean  

67,696 

.351 

.258 

174.6 

92,549 

.452 

.332 

307.1 

222,863 

.488 

.358 

796.4 

o  The  daily  discharge  in  acre-feet  was  obtained  by  taking  twice  the  recorded  discharge  in  second-feet,  and 
the  values  are  therefore  a  little  over  1  per  cent  too  large.  The  monthly  totals  are  the  values  reported  by  the 
Geological  Survey. 


160 


SEDIMENT  CAKRIED   BY  THE   RIO   GRANDE. 


This  table  indicates  that,  though  the  usual  rule  of  variation  of 
per  cent  of  sediment  directly  with  discharge  may  hold  for  a  few 
consecutive  days,  when  the  results  for  a  long  period  are  considered 
the  stage  of  the  river  and  the  proportion  of  sediment  exhibit  no 
constant  relation.  This  is  readily  accounted  for  by  the  influence  of 
different  tributaries,  the  abnormal  effects  of  storms  in  the  arid 
catchment  area,  and  particularly  by  the  influence  of  the  Rio  Puerco, 
which  at  tunes  carries  into  the  Rio  Grande  at  low  stage  a  flood  of 
heavily  silt-laden  waters.  Certain  seasonal  variations  of  the  sedi- 
ment-to-water ratio  are  noticeable,  but  they  are  not  sufficiently  well 
defined  to  be  expressed  in  any  simple  mathematical  law. 

Monthly  summaries  of  water  and  sediment  discharged  and  of  the 
sediment-water  ratio  are  given  in  Table  2. 

TABLE  2. — Monthly  discharge  of  water  and  sediment  in  acre-feet  and  sediment-water 
ratio  in  per  cent  for  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Martial,  New  Mexico. 


1905-6. 

1906-7. 

Month. 

Water. 

Sedi- 
ment. 

Ratio. 

Water. 

Sedi- 
ment. 

Ratio. 

May 

962  221 

3  200 

0  333 

500  707 

2  294 

0  458 

June         

714,  268 

2.292 

.321 

345,064 

919 

267 

July 

35  782 

120 

336 

118  314 

590 

498 

August  

20,093 

344 

1.71 

43,  210 

356 

825 

September 

5,276 

343 

6  46 

25  527 

1  442 

564 

October  

7,349 

79 

1.07 

70,830 

420 

.593 

November 

42  397 

610 

1  44 

77  752 

255 

328 

December                      .> 

34  344 

197 

575 

86  142 

347 

403 

January 

36  496 

115 

315 

60'635 

92 

152 

February  

39,689 

142 

.357 

67,  696 

175 

.258 

March                      

56  866 

246 

432 

92  549 

307 

332 

April  

163.140 

1,339 

.821 

222,  863 

796 

.358 

Two  years  ending  April  30, 1907: 

Water acre-feet. .  3, 829, 210 

Sediment do 17, 020 

Ratio per  cent. .         0. 445 

Mean  of  all  sediment  determinations  (O.S53  by  weight) do .626 

Although  many  of  the  eccentricities  of  the  daily  results  are 
smoothed  out  in  the  monthly  summaries,  there  still  seems  to  be  no 
relation  between  discharge  of  water  and  sediment  that  should  be 
taken  for  general  aDplication.  For  the  entire  period  of  two  years  the 
mean  sediment-to-water  ratio,  by  volume,  is  0.445  per  cent.  It  is 
believed  that  this  ratio  may  be  applied  to  the  annual  discharge  in 
finding  the  quantity  of  sediment  for  any  year,  with  errors  due  to 
variation  of  sediment-water  ratio  as  follows: 

Discharge  1,000,000  acre-feet  or  greater,  error  not  to  exceed  50  per  cent. 
Discharge  less  than  1,000,000  acre-feet,  error  not  to  exceed  100  per  cent. 

The  difference  between  the  ratios  0.445  and  0.626  shown  at  the 
bottom  of  Table  2  affords  an  excellent  illustration  of  the  great  errors 
that  are  likely  to  occur  in  estimates  based  on  the  product  of  mean 
values  for  discharge  and  sediment  rather  than  on  the  mean  of 
products  of  discharge  and  sediment. 


THEORETICAL  EXTENSION   OF   ESTIMATES. 


161 


During  the  period  for  which  records  are  available  nearly  80  per 
cent  of  the  discharge  has  occurred  in  years  when  the  flow  was  more 
than  960,000  acre-feet.  It  is  therefore  stated  with  a  considerable 
degree  of  assurance  that  the  use  of  the  ratio  0.445  per  cent  intro- 
duces an  error  for  the  period  much  less  than  50  per  cent  and  that  an 
allowance  of  50  per  cent  will  cover  all  errors  of  observations,  assump- 
tions, and  meager  data.  The  mean  annual  flow  of  the  Rio  Grande  at 
San  Marcial  for  12  years  beginning  with  1897  is  1,138,377  acre-feet 
(see  Table  5,  p.  162).  Using  the  above-mentioned  ratio,  the  mean 
annual  sediment  discharge  for  the  same  period  would  be  5,070  acre- 
feet.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  a  calculation  from  the  mean  of  the 
sediment  observations  would  give  results  about  40  per  cent  greater. 

THEORETICAL,  EXTENSION  OF  ESTIMATES. 

The  discharge  of  water  and  the  sediment-to-water  ratio  for  various 
yearly  periods  within  the  two  years  covered  by  sediment  observations 
are  presented  in  Table  3.  A  marked  tendency  toward  decrease  of 
ratio  with  increase  of  water  discharge  is  evident.  By  plotting  these 
values  and  drawing  a  straight  line  through  the  points  it  was  found 
that  all  the  ratios  scaled  from  the  graph  were  within  9  per  cent  of 
those  in  Table  3,  whereas  the  mean  ratio,  0.445  per  cent,  varies  nearly 
25  per  cent  from  one  of  the  ratios  in  Table  3.  A  considerable  increase 
in  accuracy  would  therefore  seem  to  be  secured  by  use  of  the  graph. 

TABLE  3. — Annual  discharge  of  water  and  sediment  in  acre-feet  and  sediment-water  ratio 
in  per  cent  for  the  Rio  Grande  at  San  Marcial,  New  Mexico. 


Year  ending— 

Water. 

Sedi- 
ment. 

Ratio. 

1906. 
April  30  

2,  117,  921 

•9,030 

0.427 

May  31                                                                

1,656,407 

8,120 

.491 

June  30                                                                                                     ... 

1,287,203 

6,750 

.525 

July  31                                        

1,369,735 

7,220 

.527 

\ugust31                                                                                    

1,392.852 

7,230 

."520 

September  30.                     

1,413,103 

8,330 

.590 

October  31                                                                              

1,476,584 

8,670 

.588 

November  30 

1,511,939 

8,310 

.550 

December  31                                                              .             

1,563,737 

8,460 

.541 

1907. 

1.587,876 

8,440 

.532 

1,615,883 

8,470 

.525 

March  31 

1,651,566 

8,540 

.517 

\pril  30                                                    :  

1,711,289 

7,990 

.467 

TABLE  4. — Sediment-water  ratios  for  various  values  of  annual  discharge. 


Ratio 

Ratio 

Ratio 

Annual  discharge. 

(per 

Annual  discharge. 

(per 

Annual  discharge. 

(per 

- 

cent). 

cent.) 

cent). 

1,000  .000  acre-feet  
1  ,100,000  acre-feet  

0.621 
.604 

1,500,000  acre-feet  
1  ,600,000  acre-feet  

0.536 
.518 

2,000,000  acre-feet.  .    . 
2,100,000  acre-feet. 

0.449 
.431 

1,200,000  acre-feet     . 

.587 

1  700,000  acre-feet  .... 

.500 

2,200,000  acr-i-feet.  .     , 

.414 

1  ,300,000  acre-feet  

.569 

1,800,000  acre-feet  

.483 

2,300,000  acre-feet.  .     . 

.387 

1,400,000  acre-feet  

.552 

1,900,000  acre-feet  

.466 

2,400,000  acre-feet.  .     . 

.380 

81210°— WSP  274—11- 


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162 


SEDIMENT  CARRIED   BY   THE   RIO   GRANDE. 


Table  4  presents  the  ratios  scaled  from  the  graph  corresponding 
to  various  values  for  annual  discharge.  This  table  covers  about  80 
per  cent  of  the  recorded  annual  discharge  and  is  apparently  correct 
within  10  per  cent  for  individual  years.  The  data  do  not  warrant 
extension  of  the  graph  to  include  low-flow  years,  but  it  is  interesting 
to  note  that  an  extension  as  a  straight  line  would  give  a  ratio  of  0.76 
per  cent  for  a  discharge  of  200,000  acre-feet,  which  is  the  minimum 
recorded  annual  flow. 

Based  on  Table  4  is  the  following  estimate  of  the  annual  discharge 
of  sediment  for  12  years,  shown  in  Table  5. 

TABLE  5. — Annual  discharge  of  water  in  acre-feet,  annual  discharge  of  sediment  in  acre- 
feet  based  on  the  ratios  of  table  4,  and  annual  discharge  of  sediment  in  acre-feet  calculated 
from  the  ratio  0.445  per  cent. 


Year. 

Water. 

Sediment 
from  ratios 
of  Table  4. 

Sediment 
from  ratio 
0.445  per 
cent. 

1897                                     

2,  215,  257 

9  080 

9  850 

1898 

964  677 

6  070 

4  290 

1899                                               

239  835 

a  1  910 

1  070 

1900 

484  324 

a  3  870 

2  160 

1901                                

656  274 

a  5  250 

2  920 

1902 

200  729 

a  1  610 

890 

1903                                     

1,278  069 

7  380 

5  660 

1904 

709  796 

a  5  670 

3  160 

1905                                   

2,  422,  008 

9  160 

10  800 

1906      

1,563,737 

8,  130 

6,  950 

1907                             

2,  157,  709 

9  050 

9  590 

1908 

774  109 

a  6  190 

3  450 

Total 

13  660  524 

73  370 

60  790 

Mean                    

1,  138,  377 

6  110 

5  070 

a  Ratio  0. 8  per  cent  used. 

For  comparison,  the  sediment  as  calculated  from  the  ratio  0.445  per 
cent  is  also  shown.  In  obtaining  the  values  in  column  3  for  discharges 
not  included  in  Table  4,  the  single  ratio  0.8  per  cent  has  been  used. 
This  ratio  seems  to  be  a  fair  one  for  the  low-flow  years  and  is  doubtless 
not  more  than  50  per  cent  in  error.  Inasmuch  as  it  affects  but  20 
per  cent  of  the  entire  flow  for  the  12  years,  this  ratio  can  not  introduce 
an  error  of  more  than  about  10  per  cent  in  the  mean  annual  sediment 
discharge  for  the  period — 6,110  acre-feet.  It  is  believed  that  this 
mean,  which  corresponds  to  a  mean  annual  sediment-to-water  ratio 
of  0.536  per  cent,  is  within  25  per  cent  of  the  actual  for  any  long  term 
of  years  after  allowing  for  all  errors. 

ACCURACY    OF    DATA    AND    ESTIMATES. 

The  mean  monthly  values  for  discharge  of  water  are  probably  not 
in  error  by  more  than  10  or  15  per  cent.  The  sediment  determina- 
tions are  probably  equally  accurate.  The  chief  opportunity  for  error 


ACCURACY   OF   DATA  AND   ESTIMAWiS.  163 

is  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  samples  used  for  sediment  determinations 
do  not  include  material  rolled  along  the  bottom  of  the  stream  and 
that  a  single  sample  will  not  represent  the  true  mean  condition  for 
the  entire  cross  section.  Data  on  the  error  so  introduced  are  meager, 
but  the  preponderance  of  evidence  indicates  that  it  is  not  more  than 
10  per  cent.  Opinions  have  frequently  been  expressed  placing  the 
error  as  high  as  50  per  cent,  but  observations  available  do  not  support 
them.  The  errors  of  observation,  both  on  stream  gaging  and  sediment 
determinations,  are  likely  to  offset  one  another,  except  for  the  omis- 
sion of  material  rolled  along  the  bottom  of  the  stream.  There  seems 
to  be  reason  therefore  to  believe  that  the  monthly  averages  of  the  silt 
carried  and  of  the  water-to-sediment  ratio  are  likely  to  be  correct 
within  10  or  15  per  cent.  The  yearly  results  and  those  for  the  entire 
period  of  2  years  may  reasonably  be  expected  to  be  still  more 
accurate. 

The  error  in  assuming  that  the  conditions  for  2  years  may  be 
applied  to  those  of  12  years,  and  that  those  of  12  years  may  be  applied 
to  hundreds  of  years  is  problematical.  The  mean  annual  flow  for 
the  12  years  differs  by  a  maximum  of  about  33  per  cent  from  the 
mean  of  any  6  years  for  which  flow  records  are  available,  but  by  less 
than  26  per  cent  from  the  mean  of  any  8  years  and  by  less  than  11 
per  cent  from  the  mean  of  any  9  years.  Successions  of  low-flow 
years  and  series  of  high-flow  years  are  included  and  it  is  to  be  expected 
that  the  cycle  of  changes  in  flow  is  fairly  complete.  In  a  catchment 
area  so  large  and  subject  to  normal  arid  conditions  there  is  always, 
however,  the  possibility  of  abnormal  conditions  for  a  few  years  over- 
throwing even  long-term  averages. 

The  assumption  that  85  pounds  of  suspended  matter  will  produce 
a  cubic  foot  of  sediment  may  introduce  an  error.  When  newly 
deposited  as  little  as  50  pounds  of  sediment  may  occupy  a  cubic  foot 
of  space.0  At  the  other  extreme  it  may  require  120  pounds  of  com- 
pact dry  earth  to  make  a  cubic  foot.  The  value  85  pounds  to  the 
cubic  foot  may  therefore  be  in  error  in  individual  cases  by  as  much 
as  40  per  cent.  '  When  sediment  is  compacted  through  a  long  term 
of  years  and  is  subject  to  alternate  wet  and  dry  conditions,  however, 
the  limits  of  weight  and  volume  are  greatly  reduced.  The  value  85 
pounds  to  the  cubic  foot  supposes  voids  of  48  per  cent  and  a  weight 
of  wet  sediment  of  115  pounds  to  the  cubic  foot.  It  corresponds  to 
the  commonly  accepted  value  for  weight  of  mud  and  dredged  mate- 
rial and  is  probably  not  more  than  15  per  cent  in  error  for  long-term 
sediment  deposits  in  any  large  reservoir  in  the  United  States. 

a  See  sediment  estimates  for  Rio  Grande  in  Third  Ann.  Kept.  U.  S.  Reclamation  Service. 


164  SEDIMENT   CARRIED   BY   THE   RIO  GRANDE. 

ROCK    MATTER,    SOIL,   AND    SEDIMENT. 

In  the  foregoing  discussion  6,110  acre-feet  was  estimated  as  the 
probable  mean  annual  discharge  of  sediment  for  the  Rio  Grande  for 
any  long  term  of  years.  This  estimate  relates  particularly  to  reser- 
voir filling  capacity,  being  based  on  the  assumption  that  85  pounds 
of  suspended  matter  will  occupy  a  cubic  foot  of  space.  However,  if 
reduced  .to  the  state  of  rock  matter,  about  165  pounds  would  be 
required  to  fill  a  cubic  foot;  if  reduced  to  the  state  of  soil  matter, 
about  100  pounds  would  be  required;  and  if  expanded  to  the  state  of 
freshly-deposited  sediment,  only  about  60  pounds  would  be  required. 
The  probable  mean  annual  discharge  for  a  long  term  of  years  may 
therefore  be  variously  expressed  as  representing  11,300,000  tons  of  sus- 
pended 'matter,  3,150  acre-feet  of  rock  matter,  5,200  acre-feet  of  soil, 
6,110  acre-feet  of  compacted  sediment,  or  8,650  acre-feet  of  freshly 
deposited  sediment. 


THE  INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION  OF  WATER  ANALYSES/ 


By  HERMAN  STABLER. 


Recent  practice  among  water  analysts  tends  toward  the  state- 
ment of  analyses  in  ionic  form,  in  parts  per  million,  and  the  abolition 
of  the  statement  in  grains  per  gallon  of  mineral  salts  supposed  to  be, 
present.  The  interpretation  of  the  analysis  can  be  made  from  either 
form  of  statement  without  great  difficulty.  The  newer  form,  although 
admittedly  better  in  many  respects  than  the  old,  is,  nevertheless, 
comparatively  unfamiliar  to  many,  and  its  interpretation  is  conse- 
quently somewhat  obscure.  Herewith  are  presented  a  few  simple 
calculations  and  formulas  which  will  assist  in  clearing  up  this  obscur- 
ity and  enable  one  not  well  grounded  in  chemical  nomenclature  to 
interpret  and  compare  analyses  expressed  in  ionic  form,  in  parts  per 
million,  and  to  classify  waters  for  industrial  purposes.  The  calcula- 
tions and  formulas  presented  relate  to  the  soap  consuming  power  of 
water,  to  water  softening,  and  to  the  interpretation  of  analyses 
with  respect  to  the  use  of  water  in  boilers  and  for  irrigation,  and 
may  be  readily  enlarged  in  scope  to  include  all  industrial  water 
problems. 

THE  ANALYSIS. 

A  mineral  analysis  of  waters  such  as  are  ordinarily  used  for  indus- 
trial purposes  includes  four  classes  of  water  impurities — suspended 
matter,  colloidal  matter,  dissolved  solids,  and  dissolved  gases. 

Suspended  matter  includes  all  organic  or  inorganic  matter  that 
can  be  removed  by  filtering.  It  is  of  a  complex  nature  and  consists 
of  many  chemical  compounds  which  are  not  usually  determined  in 
detail.  Two  determinations  relating  to  suspended  matter  are  often 
made.  The  first  is  turbidity  (Tu),  the  figures  for  which  indicate  the 
number  of  parts  per  million  of  a  known  standard  suspended  matter 
that  will  be  just  as  cloudy  or  obscure  just  as  much  light  as  the  water 
under  consideration.  The  second  is  suspended  matter  (Sm)  and 
represents  the  actual  weight  of  the  suspended  matter  in  the  water. 
If  the  particles  in  suspension  are  very  fine,  a  comparatively  small 

o  Revision  of  an  article  printed  in  the  Engineering  News,  vol.  60,  p.  355,  1908. 

165 


166          THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF   WATER  ANALYSES. 

weight  will  produce  a  high  turbidity.  The  ratio  of  turbidity  to  sus- 
pended matter,  therefore,  is  a  measure  of  the  average  weight  or  size 
of  the  particles  in  suspension.  This  ratio  is  called  the  coefficient  of 
fineness  (Fi). 


The  greater  the  value  of  this  coefficient  the  greater  will  be  the  aver- 
age weight  of  the  suspended  particles,  and  hence  the  greater  will  be 
the  ease  with  which  they  can  be  removed. 

Colloidal  matter  includes,  for  the  most  part,  silica  (SiO2),  alumina 
(A12O3),  and  iron  oxide  (Fe2O3),  though  in  polluted  waters  and  in 
some  normal  waters  a  considerable  amount  of  organic  matter  may 
be  present  in  the  colloidal  state.  This  material  is  present  in  a  state 
intermediate  between  suspension  and  true  solution.  In  the  mineral 
analysis  it  is  not  distinguished  as  such;  but  the  three  mineral  com- 
ponents above  mentioned  are  determined  separately,  as  though  pres- 
ent in  solution.  There  is  always  some  doubt  as  to  whether  the  sili- 
con, aluminum,  and  iron  are  actually  present  as  oxides  in  the  colloi- 
dal state  or  as  radicles  in  true  solution.  Silicon  is  rarely,  if  ever? 
present  in  true  solution;  aluminum  forms  a  part  of  the  system  of 
dissolved  solids  only  in  acid  waters;  and  iron  is  in  true  solution 
chiefly  in  ground  waters,  and  then  only  in  small  quantity  except  in 
acid  waters.  In  this  article  the  iron  and  aluminum  "are  included 
both  in  the  dissolved  and  colloidal  matter  in  order  that  both  possi- 
ble occurrences  may  be  covered;  but  the  silicon,  because  of  its  very 
rare  occurrence  in  appreciable  quantity  in  any  other  form,  is  included 
only  under  the  head  of  colloidal  matter.  As  stated  later,  the  indi- 
vidual analysis  may  indicate  definitely  the  state  of  these  substances; 
but  it  is  a  safe  rule  to.  consider  them  as  being  present  in  the  colloidal 
state.  The  term  "  colloidal  matter/'  as  here  used,  means  the  oxides 
of  silicon,  iron,  and  aluminum  and  will  be  designated  Cm. 

Dissolved  gases  (Dg)  are  not  determined  in  many  analyses.  Oxy- 
gen (O),  nitrogen  (N),  and  carbon  dioxide  (CO2)  are  generally  pres- 
ent in  water,  and  hydrogen  sulphide  (H2S)  and  a  few  other  gases  are 
not  unusual.  Of  these  carbon  dioxide  is  most  important  industrially 
and  will  alone  be  considered,  expressed  in  parts  per  million. 

Dissolved  solids  (Ds),  as  here  used,  refers  to  the  mineral  solids 
actually  dissolved  in  the  Vater.  The  usual  determinations  included 
under  this  term  are  iron  (Fe),  aluminum  (Al),  calcium  (Ca),  mag- 
nesium (Mg),  sodium  (Na),  potassium  (K),  acidity  (H),  carbonate 
radicle  (CO3),  bicarbonate  radicle  (HCO3),  sulphate  radicle  (SO4), 
chlorine  (Cl),  and  nitrate  radicle  (NO3).  Acidity  is  variously  reported 
as  hydrochloric  acid  (HC1),  sulphuric  acid  (H2SO4),  calcium  carbon- 
ate (CaCO3),  and  hydrogen  (H).  It  is  here  expressed  as  hydrogen 


THE   ANALYSIS. 


167 


and  may  be  converted  to  this  form  from  the  others  by  the  following 
factors : 

H=  .0276  HC1=  .0206  H2SO4=  .0202  CaCO8. 

The  first  seven  of  these  are  called  positive  radicles  and  the  remaining 
five  negative  radicles.  Taken  together  the  twelve  constitute  a  chem- 
ical system  of  positive  and  negative  radicles  (which  may  or  may  not 
be  in  actual  combination),  each  of  which  has  the  power  to  react  with 
or  hold  in  the  system  a  definite  weight  of  radicles  of  the  opposite  sign. 
This  power  will  be  designated  the  " reaction  coefficient"  (r)  of  that 
radicle.  The  reaction  coefficient  may  be  defined  as  the  ratio  of  the 
capacity  for  reaction  to  the  weight  of  a  chemical  substance,  and 
therefore  represents  the  capacity  for  reaction  of  a  unit  weight  of 
the  substance.  It  is  measured  in  more  commonly  used  terms  by  the 
ratio  of  the  valence  to  the  atomic  weight  of  the  radicle. 

XTQ  I  o"M  r*o 

(2)  Reaction  coefficient,  r-;i 


The  division  into  positive  and  negative  radicles  and  the  reaction 
coeflicients  of  the  radicles  as  used  in  calculating  the  international 
atomic  weights  of  1909  are  as  follows: 


Positive  radicles. 

Reaction 
coefficients. 

Negative  radicles. 

Reaction 
coefficients. 

Ferrous  iron  (Fe)  

0.0358 

Carbonate  (COs).  . 

0.0333 

Aluminum  (Al) 

.1107 

Bicarbonate  (HCOs) 

.0164 

Calcium  (OaJ  

.0499 

Sulphate  (SOi)  

.  0208 

Mumii'sium  (Mg) 

.0822 

Chlorine  (Cl) 

.0282 

Sodium  (Na) 

.0435 

Nitrate  (NO3) 

0161 

Potassium  (K) 

.0256 

Hydrogen  (H) 

.992 

If  the  number  of  parts  per  million  of  each  radicle  found  by  analysis 
be  multiplied  by  its  reaction  coefficient,  a  number  will  be  obtained 
which  may  be  called  the  " reacting  value"  of  the  radicle  for  that 
analysis.  This  will  be  designated  by  the  letter  r  prefixed  to  the  sym- 
bol of  the  radicle.  Thus,  rCa  will  represent  the  reacting  value  of 
the  calcium  in  any  analysis.  The  symbols  of  the  radicles  are  used 
in  this  paper  merely  as  abbreviations. 

The  use  of  the  reaction  coefficients  and  reacting  values a  is  of  great 
assistance  in  an  attempt  to  evaluate  the  effect  of  mineral  impurities 
on  the  industrial  uses  of  water.  For  example,  the  accuracy  of  the 
determinations  of  an  analysis  may  readily  be  estimated  from  the 
reacting  values  of  the  radicles,  for  in  the  chemical  system  which  they 
form  the  sum  of  the  reacting  values  of  positive  radicles  must  be 


o  The  expression  of  water  analyses  in  terms  of  reacting  values  as  well  as  in  parts  per  million  has  not  come 
into  general  use,  though  it  has  been  used  and  recommended  by  prominent  German  chemists  for  many  years. 


168 


THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF    WATER   ANALYSES. 


equal  to  the  sum  of  the  reacting  values  of  the  negative  radicles.  The 
percentage  error  due  to  inaccurate  analysis,  undetermined  radicles, 
etc.,  may  be  found  from  the  formula: 

(3)  e^lOG1?"111 
rp  +  rn 

in  which  e  =  percentage  error,  rp  =  sum  of  reacting  values  of  positive 
radicles,  and  rn  =  sum  of  reacting  values  of  negative  radicles.  In 
this  calculation  iron  and  aluminum  should  be  omitted,  the  assumption 
being  that  these  substances  are  present  as  colloidal  oxides.  Usually, 
with  fairly  careful  work,  e  will  not  exceed  5  in  numerical  value  for 
waters  containing  100  or  more  parts  per  million  of  dissolved  solids, 
and  may  generally  be  expected  to  be  2  or  less.  A  value  of  e  in  excess 
of  5  will  indicate:  (1)  A  blunder  in  analysis  or  calculation;  (2)  if  nega- 
tive, the  presence  of  iron,  aluminum,  or  some  undetermined  positive 
radicle;  or  (3)  if  positive,  the  presence  of  silicate  or  some  undeter- 
mined negative  radicle.  Individual  judgment  must  decide  which  of 
these  causes  of  error  is  the  most  probable  and  reject  the  analysis  or 
correct  the  form  of  statement  in  accordance  with  the  magnitude  and 
character  of  the  error  and  the  relative  abundance  of  the  radicles 
likely  to  be  involved.  The  correction  of  an  analysis  in  this  manner 
is  generally  an  unreliable  makeshift  if  the  error  is  large,  but  can 
occasionally  be  made  with  a  high  degree  of  probability. 

The  determinations  usually  made  in  examining  water  for  its  mineral 
impurities  are  summarized  below: 


Symbol. 

1.  (a)  Suspended  matter Sm 

(6)  Turbidity Tu 

2.  Collodial  matter Cm 

(a)  Silica SiO2 

(6)  Iron  oxide Fe2O3 

(c)  Alumina A12O3 

3.  Dissolved  gases Dg 

(a)  Carbon  dioxide C02 

(6)  Hydrogen  sulphide H2S 

4.  Dissolved  radicles Ds 

(a)  Iron Fe 

(6)  Aluminum Al 


Symbol. 
Dissolved  radicles — Continued. 

(c)  Calcium Ca 

(d)  Magnesium Mg 

(e)  Sodium Na 

(/)  Potassium.. K 

(g)  Hydrogen H 

(h)  Carbonate CO3 

(t)  Bicarbonate HC03 

0')  Sulphate SO4. 

(Jfe)  Chlorine Cl 

(0  Nitrate NO3 


SOAP-CONSUMING    POWER. 

Whipple  °  has  deduced  from  a  series  of  experiments  the  cost  of 
consumption  of  the  common  household  soaps  by  waters  of  various 
degrees  of  hardness.  Iron,  aluminum,  calcium,  magnesium,  and 


a  Whipple,  G.  C.,  The  value  of  pure  water,  John  Wiley  &  Sons,  New  York,  1907;  pp.  24-28. 


WATER   SOFTENING.  169 

hydrogen  radicles  in  solution  are  the  soap-consuming  constituents  of 
water.  Therefore,  accepting  Whipple's  values,  the  cost  in  cents  per 
1,000  gallons  for  soap  necessary  to  produce  a  lather  in  water  is  as 
follows : 

(4)  Soap  cost 

=  11+50.05  (rFe  +  rAl  +  rCa  +  rMg  +  rll) 

=  11  +  1.79  Fe  +  5.54  Al  +  2.5  Ca  +  4.11  Mg  +  49.6  H. 

WATER    SOFTENING. 

Hard  water  has  such  a  deleterious  effect  hi  most  industries  that  the 
practice  of  " softening"  the  water  before  use  has  become  prevalent 
in  regions  where  soft  waters  are  not  obtainable.  The  principal  so- 
called  hardening  constituents  are  calcium  and  magnesium,  and  by 
reason  of  their  cheapness  lime  and  soda  ash  are  the  chemicals  cus- 
tomarily used  in  the  softening  process.  The  lime  is  introduced  as 
the  hydroxide,  Ca(OH)2,  and  the  soda  ash  as  Na2CO3.  By  the  soda- 
lime  method  of  softening,  the  hydrogen  is  changed  to  water;  calcium, 
magnesium,  iron,  and  aluminum  are  removed  as  precipitates;  the 
bicarbonate  radicle  and  carbon  dioxide  are  changed  to  carbonate 
radicle  and  water;  and  part  or  all  of  the  carbonate  radicle  removed 
as  a  precipitate.  The  calcium  added  as  Ca(OH)2,  as  well  as  that 
already  in  the  water,  is  precipitated  as  calcium  carbonate  (CaCO3). 
The  sodium  added  as  Na2CO3  remains  in  solution,  taking  the  place  of 
bases  precipitated  or  otherwise  removed  from  the  chemical  system. 
The  reactions  that  apparently  take  place  are: 

Fe  +  2OH  =  Fe(OH)2,  which  falls  as  a  precipitate. 
A1  +  3OH  =  A1(OH)3,  which  falls  as  a  precipitate. 
Mg  +  20H  =  Mg(OH)2,  which  falls  as  a  precipitate. 
Ca  +  CO3  =  CaCO3,  which  falls  as  a  precipitate. 
H  +  OH  =  H2O.  " 
HC03  +  OH  =  CO3  +  H2O. 
C02  +  2OH  =  CO3  +  H2O. 

From  the  foregoing  reactions,  it  appears  that  lime  must  be  added 
in  quantity  sufficient  to  provide  hydroxyl  (OH)  to  combine  with  the 
iron,  aluminum,  magnesium,  bicarbonate,  and  hydrogen  radicles  and 
carbon  dioxide.  In  addition,  if  the  carbonate  radicle  in  the  water 
plus  that  formed  by  change  of  bicarbonate  radicle  and  carbon  dioxide 
is  not  sufficient  to  precipitate  the  calcium  present  in  the  water,  and 
added  as  lime,  an  additional  quantity  must  be  provided  by  the  addi- 
tion of  soda  ash  in  order  that  all  the  calcium  may  be  precipitated. 
This  latter  consideration  determines  the  amount  of  soda  ash  to  be 
added.  In  terms  of  pounds  of  90  per  cent  lime  (CaO)  and  95  per 


170          THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF   WATER  ANALYSES. 

cent  soda  ash  (Na/X),,)  per  1,000  gallons  of  water,  these  statements 
may  be  expressed  in  the  following  formulas : 

(5)  Lime  required 

=  0.26  (rFe  +  rAl  +  rMg  +  rH  +  rHCO3  +  .0454  CO2) 

=  .00931  Fe  +  .0288  A1  +  .0214  Mg  +  .258  H  +  .00426  HCO3  +  .0118  CO2. 

(6)  Soda  ash  required  ° 

=  0.465  (rFe  +  rAl  +  rCa  +  rMg  +  rH  -  rCO3  -  rHCO3) 

=  .0167  Fe  +  .0515  A1  +  . 02,32  Ca  +  .0382  Mg  +  .462  H-.0155  CO3- 

.00763  HCO3. 

Assuming  the  average  cost  of  lime  to  be  0.3  cents  and  of  soda  ash 
to  'be  1.2  cents  per  pound,  the  cost  in  cents  per  1,000  gallons  of 
chemicals  for  softening  a  water  can  readily  be  determined  from 
formulas  (5)  and  (6),  as  follows:  * 

(7)  Cost  of  chemicals  for  softening 

=  .636      (rFe  +  rAl  +  rMg  +  rH)  +  .558     (rCa-rCO3)  +  . 00354     CO2- 

.48  rHCO3 

=  .0228  Fe  +  .0704  A1  +  .0522  Mg  +  .631  H  +  .0279  Ca  +  . 00354  CO2- 
.0186  CO3-. 00787  HCO3. 

A  negative  value  for  formula  (6)  shows  that  no  soda  ash  is  required. 
In  such  case,  instead  of  using  formula  (7),  take  .3  the  value  of 
formula  (5)  for  cost  of  chemicals.  Formulas  (4),  (5),  (6),  and  (7) 
may  usually  be  simplified  for  practical  use  by  the  omission  of  iron, 
aluminum,  and  hydrogen,  for  they  are  not  often  present  in  sufficient 
quantity  to  affect  the  results.  Total  incrustants  in  parts  per  million 
(as  determined  by  the  standard  method  of  the  American  Public 
Health  Association)  multiplied  by  .0093  will  be  practically  equal  to 
the  value  of  formula  (6). 

Similar  formulas  can  readily  be  deduced  for  use  in  connection  with 
water  softening  by  other  chemicals,  but  their  practical  application 
would  be  small.  In  connection  with  the  water-softening  problems, 
it  should  be  remembered  that  the  reactions  quoted  above  and  the 
resulting  precipitation  will  vary  in  completeness  with  conditions  of 
temperature,  mixing,  sedimentation,  etc.  Furthermore,  the  pre- 
cipitates formed  are  not  wholly  insoluble.  In  a  water  softened  under 
ideal  conditions  there  may  remain  in  solution  5.2  parts  per  million 
of  calcium  and  3.4  parts  per  million  of  magnesium,  together  with 
equivalent  amounts  of  negative  radicles.  These  figures  may  be 

a  The  use  of  soda  ash  in  water  softening  results  in  an  increase  of  the  highly  soluble  constituents,  for  the 
sodium  thus  added  remains  in  solution.  In  some  industrial  uses  of  water  a  great  increase  in  content  of 
sodium  is  accompanied  by  very  undesirable  results;  and  if  the  water  contains  a  large  amount  of  the  sul- 
phate radicle,  barium  carbonate  (BaCO8)  may  be  substituted  for  all  or  a  part  of  the  soda  ash  to  advantage. 
In  such  waters  the  minimum  amount  of  soda  ash  to  be  used  is,  in  pounds  per  1,000  gallons,  .0131  C1+ 
.0075  NOs— .0202  Na— .0119  K.  A  negative  value  for  this  expression  shows  that  the  barium  compound  may 
be  used  for  all  of  the  soda  ash  required  by  formula  (6),  and  if  the  expression  be  positive  its  value  should 
be  subtracted  from  the  value  of  formula  (6)  to  find  the  amount  of  soda  ash  for  which  barium  carbonate 
may  be  used.  In  the  substitution,  1.77  pounds  of  barium  carbonate  must  be  used  in  place  of  each  pound 
of  soda  ash  and  the  cost  will  be  increased  by  2.7  cents  for  each  pound  of  soda  ash  replaced. 


BOILER  WATERS.  171 

increased  by  the  presence  of  other  substances.  On  the  other  hand, 
a  very  large  percentage  of  colloidal  and  suspended  matter  will  be 
carried  down  with  the  precipitates,  thus  increasing  the  value  of  the 
softening  process. 

BOILER    WATERS. 

The  chief  industrial  use  of  water  is  steam  making.  The  cost  of 
softening  water  is  a  fairly  reliable  index  to  its  value  for  this  and 
many  other  industrial  purposes.  The  cost  for  softening  is  the  sum 
of  two  figures — cost  for  lime  and  cost  for  soda  ash,  the  former  being 
about  one-fourth  the  latter.  In  a  general  way,  the  amount  of  lime 
required  varies  with  the  amount  of  least  objectionable  impurities, 
while  the  amount  of  soda  ash  required  varies  with  the  quantity  of 
impurities  most  deleterious  in  character.  If,  therefore,  the  ill  effects 
of  the  latter  class  may  be  assumed  as  four  times  those  of  the  former, 
the  relative  cost  of  chemicals  for  softening  waters  will  represent  their 
relative  objectionableness  with  a  fair  degree  of  accuracy. 

The  customary  method  of  interpreting  the  value  of  a  water  for 
boiler  use  is  based  on  its  tendency  to  cause  foaming,  corrosion,  and 
incrustation.  Such  interpretation  is  usually  made  from  the  hypo- 
thetical combination  of  the  radicles  as  salts,  judgment  of  the  tenden- 
cies of  these  salts  being  made  in  accordance  with  our  knowledge  or 
theories  of  boiler  physics.  Unfortunately  our  knowledge  is  rather 
restricted  though  our  theories  are  numerous.  It  follows  that  the 
interpretation  can  not  always  be  expressed  in  very  definite  terms  and 
if  so  expressed  is  liable  to  error. 

FOAMING  AND  PRIMING. 

Foaming  and  pruning  are  probably  the  least  understood  of  boiler 
phenomena.  Pruning  may  be  defined  as  an  ebullition  so  violent  that 
water  in  the  form  of  spray  is  carried  from  the  boiler  before  its  separa- 
tion from  the  steam  can  take  place.  It  is  controlled  by  the  relations 
of  heating  surface,  evaporation  surface,  circulation,  and  working  load, 
all  of  which  are  factors  of  the  violence  and  rapidity  of  ebullition,  and 
by  such  features  as  dash  plates,  water  space,  and  steam  space,  all  of 
which  affect  the  possibility  of  violently  boiling  water  reaching  the 
steam  exit.  Pruning,  as  thus  defined,  is  a  matter  of  boiler  design 
and  operation. 

Foaming  is  the  formation  of  bubbles  upon  and  above  the  surface 
of  the  water.  The  less  easily  these  bubbles  break  the  higher  will  the 
foam  rise.  It  may  become  so  excessive  that  the  bubbles,  or  films 
of  water  inclosing  steam,  pass  out  with  the  steam. 

Naturally  priming,  or  a  tendency  to  prune,  is  an  important  factor 
in  excessive  foaming.  Aside  from  this,  the  difficulty  with  which  the 


172  THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF   WATER   ANALYSES. 

steam  pushes  through  the  surface  film  of  water  and  separates  from  it 
is  a  controlling  agency.  With  little  mineralized  water  foaming  is 
very  slight  and  never  sufficient  to  cause  the  loss  of  water  with  steam 
in  a  well  designed  boiler.  Nearly  all  impurities  dissolved  or  sus- 
pended in  water  increase  the  foaming  tendency,  though  no  two  sub- 
stances may  do  so  to  the  same  degree.  As  steam  is  used  from  the 
boiler  the  impurities  are  concentrated  and  finally  a  stage  is  reached 
which  will  cause  excessive  foaming.  If,  therefore,  the  quantity  of 
impurities  and  the  effect  of  each  were  known,  the  calculation  of  the 
foaming  tendency  of  a  water  would  be  a  simple  matter.  Unfortu- 
nately, our  knowledge  of  this  department  of  boiler  physics  is  very 
slight.  It  is  practically  impossible  to  determine  the  quantity  of  sus- 
pended matter  in  a  boiler  at  any  tune.  Suspended  matter  originally 
present  in  the  water  is  largely  precipitated,  while  additional  suspended 
matter  is  derived  from  loosened  scale  and  from  the  precipitation  of 
impurities  in  solution  in  the  feed  water.  Organic  matter  holds  a 
similar  indefinite  place  in  connection  with  foaming  calculations 
because  a  large  but  unknown  proportion  is  precipitated.  It  is,  how- 
ever, usually  present  in  relatively  small  amount  in  boiler  waters. 
Although  both  these  classes  of  substances  are  undoubtedly  important, 
the  effect  of  precipitated  magnesium  being  especially  noteworthy, 
their  role  in  inducing  foaming  can  not,  therefore,  be  calculated  from 
an  analysis  of  boiler  feed  water.  For  this  reason  and  because  all 
other  dissolved  substances  are  relatively  insignificant  in  amount  in  a 
highly  concentrated  boiler  water  it  is  generally  customaiy  to  attribute 
foaming  to  sodium  and  potassium  salts.  These  substances  are  highly 
soluble  and  their  relative  importance  in  different  waters  is  easily 
determined  from  analyses.  The  expression  2. 7Na  +2K  will  represent 
these  salts  generally  within  5  per  cent  and  always  within  15  per  cent. 
It  will  correspond  very  closely  to  the  " nonincrusting  solids"  usually 
estimated  from  hypothetical  combinations  and  is  sufficiently  accurate 
for  practical  use.  Since  these  compounds  are  at  best  a  rough  approxi- 
mation of  the  foaming  tendency  of  a  water,  nothing  would  be  gained 
by  the  use  of  a  more  cumbersome  expression  from  which  they  could 
be  more  accurately  estimated.  The  following  formula  may,  there- 
fore, be  adopted: 

(8)  Foaming  coefficient  f  =  62rNa  +  78rK  =  2.7Na+2K. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  investigation  may  lead  to  a  better  under- 
standing of  this  phenomenon  and  hence  to  a  more  reliable  index  to 
the  foaming  tendency  of  waters. 

The  steam  engineer  is  interested  more  in  the  number  of  hours  his 
boiler  may  be  run  under  ordinary  load  without  danger  of  foaming 


BOILER  WATERS.  173 

than  in  the  coefficient  given  above.  This  is  really  a  combined  index 
of  priming  and  foaming  and  may  be  calculated  from  the  formula: 

(8a)  Run  in  hours:  Rh  =-|j-  (-j—  1), 

in  which  a  =  water  capacity  of  boiler,  b  =  hourly  quantity  of  feed 
water  used,  f  ==  foaming  coefficient,  and  e  is  a  constant  which  repre- 
sents in  parts  per  million  the  concentration  of  salts  that  will  cause 
excessive  foaming  in  the  type  of  boiler  under  consideration. 

The  usual  remedy  for  foaming  is  blowing  off  a  portion  of  the  highly 
impure  water  and  replacing  it  with  fresh  feed  water.  If  a  in  the  fore- 
going formula  be  made  to  represent  the  amount  of  water  blown  off  at 
any  time,  the  expression  will  indicate  the  length  of  tune  that  may 
with  safety  elapse  before  blowing  off  again. 

The  following  approximate  values  have  been  determined  for  the 
constant  c  for  various  types  of  boilers  and  are  here  adapted  from 
Christie's  "Boiler  waters." 

Locomotive  boiler 2,  500  to   3,  500 

Stirling  boiler 4, 000  to   5, 000 

Modern  water-tube  boiler  (such  as  the  Babcock  &  Wilcox  or  Heine) . .     5, 000  to    7, 000 

Horizontal  return  tubular  boiler 8, 000  to  10, 000 

Old-style  two-flue  boiler 17, 000 

From  these  figures  it  appears  that  the  locomotive  boiler  is  the  type 
most  likely  to  give  trouble  on  account  of  foaming  and  offers,  there- 
fore, a  satisfactory  basis  for  an  arbitrary  classification  of  waters 
according  to  their  foaming  tendency.  A  nonfoaming  water  may  be 
defined  as  one  that  can  be  used  in  a  locomotive  boiler  throughout  one 
week's  work  without  foaming;  a  semif earning  water  as  one  that 
can  not  be  used  so  long  as  a  week,  but  one  that  will  require  one  com- 
plete water  change  to  avoid  foaming  in  a  locomotive  boiler  not  of tener 
than  every  two  days;  and  a  foaming  water  as  one  that  can  not  be 
used  so  long  as  two  days  in  a  locomotive  boiler  without  blowing  off  or 
changing  water  to  prevent  foaming.  Accepting  these  conditions,  the 
following  approximate  classification  of  waters  will  result: 

(1)  Nonfoamuig;  f  not  greater  than  60. 

(2)  Semifoaming;  f  greater  than  60,  but  not  greater  than  200. 

(3)  Foaming;  f  greater  than  200. 

CORROSION. 

Corrosion  of  a  metal  will  occur  in  the  presence  of  water  if  the  metal 
is  capable  of  replacing  any  positive  radicle  in  the  chemical  system 
which  the  dissolved  matter  in  the  water  constitutes.  The  radicle 
thus  replaced  may  pass  from  solution  as  a  precipitate  or  a  gas.  In 
boiler  corrosion  the  metal  to  be  considered  is  the  iron  of  the  boiler. 
The  radicle  which  it  may  replace  in  the  chemical  system  of  dissolved 
solids  is  hydrogen,  which,  when  so  replaced  leaves  the  chemical  system 


174          THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF   WATER  ANALYSES. 

as  hydrogen  gas.  It  follows  that  the  amount  of  hydrogen  radicle  in 
the  chemical  system  under  boiler  conditions  is  the  controlling  factor 
of  corrosion.  The  calculation  of  this  factor  can  be  made  with  a  fair 
degree  of  accuracy.  Under  boiler  conditions  the  dissolved  gases  are 
driven  out  with  the  steam.  Therefore,  although  some  of  these  sub- 
stances are  prominent  corrosive  agents  when  confined  they  are 
omitted  from  consideration  here. 

Hydrogen  radicle  as  determined  by  analysis  is  the  first  item.  It 
may  be  the  cause  of  corrosion  in  the  cold  or  under  boiler  conditions. 
To  this  may  be  added,  as  a  result  of  the  high  temperature  in  a  boiler, 
three  molecules  of  hydrogen  for  each  molecule  of  aluminum,  two  of 
hydrogen  for  one  of  iron,  and  two  of  hydrogen  for  one  of  magnesium. 
The  reactions  involved  may  be  represented  by  the  following  equations: 

2A1  +  3H2O=A12O3+6H 
Fe  +  H20  =FeO   +2H 
2O  =MgO  +2H 


These  reactions  probably  do  not  occur  in  just  this  way,  but  they 
express  well-known  results.  There  are  other  reactions  that  may 
cause  an  increase  in  the  amount  of  hydrogen  radicle.  While  they 
will  not  be  considered  in  the  calculations  which  follow,  the  three  given 
below  are  of  interest  as  expressing  possibilities  : 

2Fe  +  3H2O  =  Fe2O3  +  6H 
3Fe  +  4H2O  -  Fe3O4  +  8H 
Si02  +  H20  =  Si03  +2H 

In  all  of  these  equations,  except  the  last,  the  hydrogen  is  repre- 
sented as  being  brought  into  the  chemical  system  to  replace  a  radicle 
precipitated  as  an  oxide.  In  the  last  equation,  hydrogen  and  silicate 
radicles  are  both  brought  into  the  system.  In  all  cases,  of  course, 
the  equilibrium  between  positive  and  negative  radicles  hi  the  system 
must  be  maintained. 

Opposed  to  these  reactions  increasing  the  amount  of  hydrogen  are 
others  tending  to  decrease  it.  Thus  under  boiler  conditions  each 
molecule  of  carbonate  radicle  may  combine  with  two  molecules  of 
hydrogen  and  each  molecule  of  bicarbonate  radicle  with  one  molecule 
of  hydrogen  to  form  water  and  the  gas  carbon  dioxide.  This  is  illus- 
trated by  the  following  equations: 

H+HCO3  =  H2O+CO3 
2H  +  CO3    =H2O  +  CO2 

Thus   positive   and   negative   radicles   leave   the   chemical   system 
together. 
The  carbon  dioxide  so  formed  will  pass  off  with  the  steam. 


BOILER  WATERS.  175 

The  two  sets  of  phenomena  may  be  combined  to  represent  the 
residual  hydrogen  likely  to  be  replaced  in  the  chemical  system  by 
iron  from  the  boiler,  as  follows: 

(9)  Coefficient  of  corrosion : 

c  =  1 .008  (rH  +  rAl  +  rFe  +  rMg  -  rCO3  -  rHCO3) 

=  H  +  .1116  A1  +  .0361  Fe  +  .0828  Mg-.0336  CO3-.0165  HCO3 

One  of  the  first  occurrences  in  a  boiler  is  the  precipitation  of  at  least 
a  part  of  the  carbonate  and  bicarbonate  radicles  as  calcium  carbonate. 
Such  precipitate  can  be  acted  upon,  the  calcium  being  returned  to  the 
chemical  system  to  replace  the  hydrogen  which  forms  water  and  car- 
bon dioxide  with  the  carbonate  radicle.  The  extent  of  such  action  is 
not  well  defined.  With  a  maximum  precipitation  of  calcium  car- 
bonate and  a  minimum  action  upon  the  same,  the  effect  of  the  car- 
bonate and  bicarbonate  radicles  in  the  above  formula  may  be  reduced 
by  1.008  rCa  or  .0503  Ca.  The  foregoing  considerations  afford  an 
excellent  basis  for  the  classification  of  waters  according  to  their  cor- 
rosive tendencies.  Three  classes  may  be  distinguished  as  follows : 

(1)  Corrosive.     If  c  be  positive,  the  water  will  certainly  corrode 
the  boiler. 

(2)  Noncorrosive.     If  c  +  .0503Ca  be  negative,  no  corrosion  will 
occur  on  account  of  the  mineral  constituents  in  the  water. 

(3)  Semicorrosive.     If  c  be  negative,  but  c  +  ,0503  Ca  be  positive, 
corrosion  may  or  may  not  occur,  the  probability  of  corrosive  action 
varying  directly  with  the  value  of  the  expression  c+  .0503  Ca. 

SCALE  FORMATION. 

The  formation  of  scale  and  sludge  in  boilers  is  the  most  common 
effect  of  the  use  of  impure  feed  water.  This  phenomenon  is  the  result 
of  heating  the  water  to  a  high  temperature  and  concentrating  it. 
The  heat  reduces  the  solubility  of  many  of  the  dissolved  substances 
to  such  an  extent  that  they  leave  the  chemical  system.  Concentration 
may  gradually  increase  the  amount  of  dissolved  matter  to  saturation, 
after  which  additional  concentration  will  cause  it  to  pass  out  of  solu- 
tion. Suspended  matter  and  colloidal  matter  are  also  largely  depos- 
ited within  the  boiler. 

The  purest  of  natural  waters,  if  used  in  a  boiler  for  a  great  length 
of  time  without  cleaning,  would  produce  scale  or  sludge.  As  boilers 
are  usually  operated,  temperatures  and  concentrations  are  permitted 
which  result  in  the  precipitation  of  practically  all  suspended  and  col- 
loidal matter — all  iron,  aluminum,  magnesium,  and  all  calcium  to  the 
full  extent  of  its  ability  to  combine  with  carbonate,  bicarbonate,  and 
sulphate  radicles.  The  iron,  aluminum,  and  magnesium  appear  in  the 
scale  as  oxides  (magnesium  carbonate  may  be  present,  but  is  not 
likely  to  be  found  in  quantity  in  scale  from  high-pressure  boilers), 


176  THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF   WATER  ANALYSES. 

while  the  calcium  may  be  present  as  calcium  carbonate  or  calcium 
sulphate  (a  hydrated  calcium  sulphate  frequently  occurs,  but  in  the 
modern  high-pressure  boiler  its  quantity  is  sufficiently  small  to  be 
neglected).  Whether  these  results  are  caused  by  a  series  of  reactions 
or  by  a  single  chemical  change  is  of  little  moment  in  connection  with 
boiler  calculations.  The  following  reactions,  therefore,  are  pre- 
sented not  as  formulas  for  the  changes  which  actually  take  place, 
but  as  equations  which  express  the  known  results  of  changes  that 
occur  within  the  boiler: 

2A1  +  3H2O  =  A12O3  +  6H 


=  CaCO3 

Ca  +  2HCO3  -  CaCO3  +  H2O  +  CO2 
4  =  CaS04 


The  hydrogen  in  the  last  two  equations  may  include  not  only  the 
hydrogen  radicle  found  by  analysis,  but  also  that  developed  by  the 
first  three  equations.  In  other  words,  it  is  c,  the  coefficient  of  cor- 
rosion. An  estimate  of  the  amount  of  scale  formed  is  necessarily 
rather  uncertain.  The  first  three  reactions  may,  without  great  error, 
be  assumed  to  be  practically  complete.  The  division  of  carbonate 
and  bicarbona'te  radicles  between  calcium  and  hydrogen,  and  the 
division  of  the  calcium  between  carbonate  and  sulphate  radicles,  are 
not  definitely  known  and  probably  vary  with  different  conditions  of 
boiler  operation.  On  this  account  it  would  seem  desirable  to  esti- 
mate maximum  and  minimum  values  for  scale  formed  by  calcium 
compounds.  Formulas  were  prepared  with  this  in  view,  but  the 
difference  between  maximum  and  minimum  values  was  found  to  be 
small  in  nearly  every  instance.  The  use  of  the  necessarily  cumber- 
some formulas  was  therefore  discarded  in  favor  of  one  which  repre- 
sents a  probable  average  scale-forming  value.  Calculations  based 
upon  this  formula  are  relatively  simple,  and  it  is  believed  that  they 
are  of  as  great  practical  value  as  the  maximum  and  minimum  formu- 
las. In  order  to  conform  to  common  usage  the  formula  is  in  terms  of 
pounds  of  scale  per  1,000  gallons  of  water. 

(10)     Scale  (Sc) 

=  .00833  Sin  +  .00833  Cm  +  .3  rFe  +  .142  rAl  +  .168  rMg  +  .492  rCa 
=  .00833  Sm  +  .  00833  Cm  +  .0107  Fe  +  .0157  A1  +  .0138  Mg  +  .0246  Ca 
In  this  formula  the  value  of  rCa  used  should  not  be  in  excess  of  rC()3  -f 
rHCO3  +  rSO4.   (Ca  should  not  exceed  .668CO3  +  .328HCO3  +  .417SO4). 

Formula  (10)  shows  the  amount  of  scale  and  sludge  likely  to  be  depos- 
ited in  a  boiler  operated  under  the  usual  conditions  of  modern  practice 


IRRIGATING  WATERS.  177 

and  its  value  will  never  differ  widely  from  the  "  total  incruslini: 
matter"  frequently  reported  from  an  estimation  of  hypothetical  com- 
binations of  radicles.  It  is  of  equal  importance  to  know  whether  the 
matter  deposited  will  form  a  hard  scale.  The  following  formula 
shows  in  pounds  per  1,000  gallons  the  probable  amount  of  hard-scale 
forming  material  in  the  scale: 

(11)  Hard  scale  (Hs) 

=  .00833  SiO2  + .  168  rMg  +  .567  (rCl  +  rSO4  -  rNa  -  rK) 
=  .00833  SiO2  +  .0138  Mg+(.016  C1  +  .0118  SO4-.0246  Na-.()145  K) 
The  value  used  for  the  parenthesis  of  tin's  formula  must  not  exceed 
rSO4  or  rCa  (.0118  SO4  or  .0283  Ca  in  the  second  form)  nor  should  it- 
be  less  than  zero. 

Dividing  the  value  of  formula  (11)  by  the  value  of  formula  (10),  a 
factor  will  be  obtained  which  may  be  called  the  coefficient  of  scale 
hardness.  This  factor  shows  the  proportion  of  the  total  scale  that 
is  likely  to  form  a  cement-like  substance  upon  the  boiler  tubes  and 
is  therefore  an  index  to  the  probable  hardness  of  the  scale  that  will 
be  deposited.  Thus: 

(12)  Coefficient  of  scale  hardness,  h  =  ^- 

From  formulas  10,  11,  and  12,  waters  may  be  classed  as  follows: 

(1)  Soft  scale:  h  not  more  than  .25. 

(2)  Medium  scale:  h  more  than  .25  but  not  more  than  .5. 

(3)  Hard  scale:  h  more  than  .5. 

In  addition,  the  following  classification  may  be  used  as  a  prefix 
to  the  preceding: 

(1)  Very  little:  Sc  not  more  than  1. 

(2)  Little:  Sc  more  than  1,  but  not  more  than  2. 

(3)  Much:  Sc  more  than  2,  but  not  more  than  4. 

(4)  Very  much:  Sc  more  than  4. 

IRRIGATING    WATERS. 

An  excess  of  alkali  in  the  soil  is  detrimental  to  the  growth  of  crops, 
and  waters  used  in  irrigation  may  seriously  impair  the  fertility  of 
land  by  augmenting  its  alkali  content.  Land  would  probably  be 
injured  by  the  best  of  natural  waters  if  irrigated  with  them  for  a 
long  period  of  time  without  natural  or  artificial  drainage,  for  all 
irrigating  waters  contain  alkali,  and  evaporation  in  and  from  the 
soil  would  result  in  a  gradual  accumulation  of  toxic  salts.  In  order 
that  waters  may  readily  be  compared  with  respect  to  their  suit- 
ability for  irrigation,  a  simple  index  of  their  irrigating  value  should 
be  available.  The  calculation  of  such  an  index,  designated  the 
"  alkali  coefficient,"  is  developed  in  the  following  paragraphs.  The 
alkali  coefficient  is  a  purely  arbitrary  quantity  intended  solely  to 
81210°— WSP  274—11 12 


178  THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION   OF   WATER   ANALYSES. 

facilitate  the  comparison  of  waters  to  be  used  for  irrigation.  It  may 
be  defined  as  the  depth  in  inches  of  water  which,  on  evaporation, 
would  yield  sufficient  alkali  to  render  a  4-foot  depth  of  soil  injurious 
to  the  most  sensitive  crops.  Thus,  if  the  alkali  coefficient  of  a  water 
is  found  to  be  17,  17  inches  in  depth  of  that  water  contains  suffi- 
cient alkali  to  render  injurious  to  sensitive  crops  the  soil  on  which  it 
is  applied.  Whether  injury  would  actually  result  from  the  appli- 
cation of  such  a  water  to  any  particular  piece  of  land,  however, 
depends  on  methods  of  irrigating,  the  crops  grown,  the  character  of 
the  soil,  and  drainage  conditions,  and  it  should  be  clearly  under- 
stood that  the  alkali  coefficient  in  no  way  takes  account  of  such 
conditions. 

Hilgard  °  quotes  results  of  investigations  by  R.  H.  Loughridge 
showing  the  greatest  amount  of  various  alkali  compounds  found  in 
soils  in  which  crops  were  not  injured.  About  forty  common  cultures 
were  included  in  the  tables,  and  great  diversity  is  indicated  for  the 
relative  toxicity  of  the  compounds  toward  the  different  cultures. 
The  mean  results  for  several  cultures  of  about  the  same  degree  of 
sensitiveness,  however,  indicate  with  marked  uniformity  the  rela- 
tive toxicity  of  the  alkalies  toward  common  cultures  to  be  about  as 
follows:  Sodium  as  Na2CO3,  10  ;6  sodium  as  NaCl,  5;  sodium  as 
Na2SO4,  1.  The  investigations  indicate  furlher  that  about  1,500 
pounds  per  acre  of  sodium  with  a  relative  toxicity  of  1  (as  above) 
in  4  feet  depth  of  soil  is  barely  sufficient  to  affect  injuriously  the 
more  sensitive  common  crops.  The  foregoing  conclusions,  being  in 
accord  with  the  results  of  other  investigations,  will  be  used  as  a 
basis  for  the  calculation  of  the  alkali  coefficient,  which  may  be  made 
from  a  water  analysis  by  means  of  the  following  formulas: 

(13a)  When  rNa  —  rCl  or  Na  —  .65  Cl  is  zero  or  negative, 

288     2040 
Alkali  coefficient,  k 


(136)  When  rNa  —  rCl  or  Na  —  .65  Cl  is  positive~but  not  greater  than 
rSO4  or  .48  SO4, 

r         „  •  288  6620 

Alkali  coefficient,  k  = 


(13c)  When  rNa-rCl-rSO4  or  Na-.65  C1-.48  SO4  is  positive, 

r        ~  .  L>ss  662 

lent,  k  = 


_  5rC1  _  9iS04    N3243SQ. 

In  the  foregoing  formulas,  the  sodium  and  potassium  value  re- 
ported in  many  analyses  may  be  used  for  Na;  in  the  absence  of  a 

a  Uilgard,  E.  W.,  Soils,  p.  467,  1906. 

&  The  tables  indicate  a  relative  toxicity  of  about  ft,  but  on  accouyt  of  the  puddling  effect  of  sodium  car- 
bonate on  soils  and  the  fact  that  the  investigations  did  not  distinguish  between  bicarbonate  and  carbonate 
of  sodium,  the  value  10  is  believed  to  be  more  satisfactory. 


IKKKiATINC    \VATKHS. 


179 


sodium  or  a  sodium  and  potassium  determination,  Na  may  be  esti- 
mated from  the  equations 

Na  =  .41  HCOs-.83  CO3-.71  C1-.52  SO4-(1.25  Ca  +  2.06  Mg) 
rNa=1.10  [rHCO3  +  rCO3  +  rCl  +  rSO4-(rCa-frMg)] 

which  for  safety  give  a  value  about  10  per  cent  greater  than  the  theo- 
retical; and  in  the  absence  of  calcium  and  magnesium  determinations, 
the  foregoing  equations  may  be  used  if  the  parenthetical  expression 
be  replaced  by  one-half  the  total  hardness  (as  CaCO3)  or  its  equiva- 
lent reacting  value. 

Formula  (13a)  is  applicable  to  waters  that  contain  more  chlorine 
radicle  than  is  sufficient  to  combine  with  the  sodium  present,  and 
involves  the  assumption  that  the  other  basic  radicles  required  to 
hold  the  chlorine  radicle  in  solution  are  as  injurious  as  if  replaced 
by  their  equivalent  reacting  value  of  sodium.  The  other  formulas 
neglect  .possible  injurious  effects  of  basic  radicles  other  than  sodium. 
These  assumptions,  as  applied  to  normal  waters,  are  sufficiently 
accurate  for  practical  purposes,  though  their  application  to  soils  might 
lead  to  serious  errors. 

Waters  to  which  formulas  (13a)  and  (136)  are  applicable  can  not 
be  improved  by  chemical  treatment,  but  are  likely  to  produce  only 
''white  alkali"  in  the  soil.  Waters  to  which  formula  (13c)  is  appli- 
cable are  likely  to  produce  " black  alkali"  in  the  soil  and  can  be  im- 
proved to  the  alkali  coefficient  calculated  from  formula  (136)  by  the 
use  of  gypsum  or  "land  plaster." 

In  general,  injurious  results  from  the  use  of  a  water  for  irrigation 
depend  largely  on  drainage  conditions  and  soil  texture.  Waters  with 
low  alkali  coefficients  may  be  used  successfully  on  a  loose  soil  with 
free  drainage.  The  following  approximate  classification,  which  is 
based  on  ordinary  irrigation  practice  in  the  United  States,  indicates 
in  a  very  general  way  the  customary  limitations  in  the  use  of  waters 
having  various  alkali  coefficients: 

Classification  of  irrigation  waters. 


Alkali  coefficient. 

Class. 

Remarks. 

More  than  18 

Good 

Have  been  used  successfully  for  many  years  without  special  care  to 

18  to  6    . 

Fair... 

prevent  alkali  accumulation. 
Special  care  to  prevent  gradual  alkali  accumulation  has  generally  been 

5.9  to  1.2  
Less  than  1.2  

Poor  
Bad  

found  necessary  except  on  loose  soils  with  free  drainage. 
Care  in  selection  of  soils  has  been  found  to  be  imperative  and  artificial 
drainage  has  frequently  been  found  necessary. 
Practically  valueless  for  irrigation. 

180 


THE   INDUSTRIAL  APPLICATION    OF    WATER   ANALYSES. 


APPLICATIONS. 

The  foregoing  formulas  will  now  be  applied  to  a  few  analyses,  which, 
for  convenience,  have  been  arranged  in  the  form  of  statement  herein 
suggested. 

Below  are  given  the  results  of  calculation  of  the  various  formulas 
presented  and  classification  of  the  waters  in  accordance  therewith. 

Analyses  of  waters  and  results  of  formulas. 
[Parts  per  million.] 


Weights. 

Reacting  values. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

1.  Suspended  matter  

30.00 
3.07 
3.00 
.07 

118.00 
9.36 
6.80 
.06 
2.50 

0.00 
11.23 
11.00 
.23 

14.00 
13.60 
11.00 
2.60 

0.00 
10.80 
6.50 
4.30 

2.  Colloidal  matter 

Silica  (SiO2)  

Iron  oxide  (  Fe2O3)  
Alumina  (  A12O3)  

3.  Dissolved  gas: 
Carbon  dioxide  (CO2).. 
4.  Dissolved  radicles: 
Calcium  (Ca).;  

10.00 

11.00 
2.80 
4.60 
1.10 

0.00 

16.00 
4.20 
7.90 

7.50 

64.00 
12.00 
48.00 

8.30 

1.80 
9.00 
3.00 
0.00 

122.00 

28.00 
12.00 
386.00 
7.00 
0.00 

0.55 
.23 
.20 
.03 
.00 

0.80 
.34 
.34 

3.19 

.98 
2.08 

0.41 
.15 
.39 
.08 
.00 

1.40 
.98 
16.76 
.18 
.00 

'     Magnesium  (Mg)... 

Sodium  (Na) 

Potassium  (K)  

Hydrogen  (H)  
Sum  positive  radicles. 

Carbonate  (CO3)  
Bicarbonate  (HCO3)  .  .  . 
Sulphate  (SO<)  
Chlorine  (Cl)  
Nitrate  (NO3) 

0.00 

.08 

0.00 

.08 

.00 

|  1.01 

.00 
.67 
.14 
.20 
.00 

1.56 

.00 
.00 
1.58 
.08 
.02 

6.25 

.00 
2.55 
1.06 
2.74 
.01 

1.03 

.00 
.64 
.12 
.16 
,.00 

19.32 

0.00 
0.00 
76.00 
2.70 
1.20 

TrT 
156.00 
51.00 
97.00 
0.40 

0.00 
39.00 
5.60 
5.80 
Tr. 

238.  (XT 
162.00 
145.00 
213.00 

0.00 
41.00 
6.80 
7.00 
0.00 

7.93 
2.66 
3.02 
6.00 

19.61 

Sum  negative  radicles 

1,01 

1.68 

6.36 

.92 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

3.  Error  of  analysis,  e  (per  cer 
4.  Soap  cost  (cents  per  1,000  g 
5.  Pounds,  90  per  cent  lime  to 
6.  Pounds,  95  per  cent  soda  as 
7.  Cost  (cents  per  1,000  gallon 
8   Foaming  coefficient  I 

it) 

0.0 
50 
.35 
.05 
.16 
15 
-.44 
.11 
.59 
.12 
.20 
290 

-3.7 
72 
.11 
.57 
.71 
21 
.42 
1.23 
1.51 
.56 
.37 
440 

+0.9 
211 
1.01 
.75 
1.08 
130 
-1.58 
1.63 
1.84 
.85 
.46 
22 

+5.6 
39 
.21 
.00 
.06 
30 
-.49 
-.08 
.46 
.12 
.25 
280 

-0.7 
130 
2.39 
.00 
.72 
1,057 
-9.69 
-8.28 
.94 
.22 
.23 
2.6 

allons)  
soften  l,000galk 
h  to  soften  1,000 
3)  of  lime  and  soc 

ms  

gallons..  . 

a  ash 

9.  Coefficient  of  corrosion,  c 

C  +  .  0503  Ca  

10.  Scale,  Sc  (pounds  per  1,000 
11.  Hard  scale,  Us  (pounds  pei 
12.  Coefficient  of  scale  hardness 
13   Alkali  coefficient  k 

gallons) 
•  1,000  ga 

1} 

lions)  

Analyses  B  and  D  seem  to  be  somewhat  in  error.  The  errors  indicated  could  be  accounted  for  by  the 
presence  of  iron  and  aluminum  radicle  in  the  one  case  and  by  silicate  radicle  in  the  other.  The  differences 
are  not  great  enough,  however,  to  warrant  a  change  in  the  form  of  statement.  Hence  iron,  aluminum,  and 
silicon  are  presumed  to  be  present  as  oxides  in  the  colloidal  state. 

The  following  boiler  classification  of  the  waters  (including  a  verbal 
and  a  numerical  classification)  will  result  from  the  foregoing  figures: 

(A)  (15)  Nonfoaming,   (  —  0.44  +  0.11)    semicorrosive,   (0.59)  very 
little,  (0.20)  soft  scale. 

(B)  (21)  Nonfoaming,  (  +  0.42  +  1.23)  corrosive,  (1.51)  little,  (0.37) 
medium  scale. 

(C)  (130)  Semifoammg,  (-1.58  +  1.63)  semicorrosive,  (1.84)  little, 
(0.46)  medium  scale. 

(D)  (30)    Nonfoaming,    (-0.49-0.08)   noncorrosive1;  (0.46)    very 
little,  (0.25)  soft  scale. 


APPLICATIONS.  181 

(E)  (1057)  Foaming,  (-9.69-8.28)  noncorrosive,  (0.94)  very 
little,  (0.23)  soft  scale. 

The  effect  of  suspended  matter  upon  the  scale  classification  of  B 
is  of  interest.  Neglecting  the  suspended  matter,  the  class  would  be 
"very  little  hard  scale." 

For  use  in  irrigation,  E  would  be  classed  as  poor  and  the  others  as 
good. 

For  detailed  comparison  or  classification  of  waters,  the  formulas 
presented  will  be  found  of  great  value.  It  is  believed  that  a  better 
general  understanding  of  waters  and  much  practical  advantage  would 
result  if  the  analyst  were  to  devote  to  the  foregoing  calculations  and 
the  resulting  classification  a  portion  of  the  tune  usually  spent  hi 
figuring  hypothetical  combinations. 

For  those  who  desire  to  use  the  formulas  the  following  notes  are  of 
special  interest: 

(a)  The  reacting  values  are  necessary  only  in  estimating  the  error 
of  analyses.  Other  formulas  are  presented  in  dual  form  so  that 
reacting  values  may  be  used  or  not,  as  desired.  Generally  their  use 
will  shorten  the  work  of  calculation. 

(6)  The  formulas  are  well  adapted  to  the  use  of  a  slide  rule  or  similar 
calculating  machine.  They  are  for  use  primarily  in  connection  with 
analyses  expressed  in  parts  per  million  or  milligrams  per  liter,  but  can 
be  used  for  analyses  expressed  otherwise  if  such  analyses  are  re- 
duced to  parts  per  million  by  multiplying  by  the  proper  factors,  as 
follows  : 

Parts  per  hundred  thousand  —  10. 
Grains  per  U.  S.  gallon  —  17.1. 
Grains  per  imperial  gallon  —  14.3. 
Pounds  per  thousand  U.  S.  gallons  —  120. 
Pounds  per  thousand  imperial  gallons  —  100. 

Per  cent  of  dissolved  solids  —  total  dissolved  solids  in  parts  per  million  or  milligrams 
per  liter. 

(c)  The  numerical  coefficients  used  in  the  formulas  are  the  result 
of  the  simple  mathematical  calculations  of  chemistry.  Thus  the 
coefficient  0.26  of  formula  (5)  is  derived  as  follows:  It  is  desired  to 
find  the  quantity  of  lime  (CaO)  that  will  react  with  certain  substances. 
The  reacting  value  of  this  lime  must,  of  course,  equal  the  sum  of  the 
reacting  values  of  the  substances  with  which  it  is  to  react.  The 
parenthesis  of  the  formula  represents  this  reacting  value.  The  react- 

ing coefficient  of  CaO  being  SO-TVC,  our  reacting  value  for  lime  must 

be  multiplied  by  28.05  to  give  parts  per  million  of  CaO.  This  must 
in  turn  be  divided  by  120  to  give  pounds  per  1,000  gallons.  A  final 
division  by  .90  reduced  the  expression  to  terms  of  lime  of  90  per  cent 

purity.     Thus  28.05  X,X-     =  0.26.     Other  numerical  coefficients 


of  the  formulas  are  derived  in  a  similar  manner. 


INDEX. 


A.  Page. 

Alma,  N.  Mex.,  San  Francisco  River  nfar: 

analyses  of  water  of 119, 140 

discharge  of 119-120 

gage  heights  of 119 

American  River  near  Fairoaks,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 13,139 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 13 

A  nalyses  of  water,  industrial  application  of.  165-181 

methods  of 9-10 

summary  of  results  of 139-140 

table  showing  results  of  miscellaneous.  142-144 

Ana  River  near  Summer  Lake,  Oreg.,  analysis 

of  water  of... 14:5 

Animas  River  near  Durango,  Colo.: 

analyses  of  water  of. 14-15, 139 

discharge  of 14-15 

gage  heights 14 

Avalon  reservoir,  N.  Mex.,  analyses  of  water 

of  Pecos  River  at 143 

B. 

Bakersfield ,  Cal. ,  analysis  of  water  of  well  at.      146 

Barium  carbonate,  use  of  for  softening  water. .      170 

Belle  Fourche,  S.  Dak.,  Red  water  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 95-96. 140 

discharge  of 95-96 

gage  heights  of... 95 

Belle  Fourche  River  near  Belle  Fourche, 
S.  Dak.: 

analyses  of  water  of 16-19, 139 

discharge  of 16-19 

gage  heights  of. 16, 18 

Berry,  F.  T.,  work  of. 5 

Bieber,  Cal. ,  Pit  River  near: 

analysas  of  water  of 91-92, 140 

discharge  of '. 91-92 

gage  heights  of 91 

Bighorn  River  near  Fort  Custer,  Mont.: 

analyses  of  water  of 20, 139 

discharge  of 20-21 

gage  heights  of 20 

Big  Lost  River,  Idaho,  analysis  of  water  of— 

at  Chilly  gaging  station. 142 

at  Mackay  gaging  station 112 

Big  Wood  River,  Idaho,  analysis  of  water  of.      142 

Billings,  Mont.,  Yellowstone  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 134-135, 140 

discharge  of 134-135 

•    gage  heights  of 134 

Bitter  Creek  near   Olustee,  Okla.,  analysis 

of  water  of...  143 


Page. 
Blackfoot  River,  Idaho,  analysis  of  water  of..      U2 

Boilers,  corrosion  of 173-175 

foaming  and  priming  in 171-173 

scale  formation  in 175-177 

Boise  River  near  Boise,  Idaho: 

analyses  of  water  of. 22-23, 139 

discharge  of 22-23 

gage  heights. 22 

Buford  gaging  station,  Colo.,  analysis  of  water 

of  Marvine  Creek  at.  142 

Bully  Creek,  Oreg.,  analysis  of  water  of. .     .       143 

Burns,  FT.  A.,  work  of 5 

Buttonwillow,  Cal.,  analysis  of  water  of  well 

at . 146 

C. 

California,  analyses  of  water  of  spring  and 

wells  in 145,146 

California,  University  of,  cooperation  of 5 

Carey  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analysis  of  water 

of  Little  Wood  River  at 1 .      142 

Carlsbad,  N.  Mex.,  Pecos  River  at: 

analyses  of  water  of 84-8f>,  140 

discharge  of 84-86 

gage  heights  of 84-85 

Carson  Lake  near   Hill,  Nev.,   analyses  of 

water  of 145 

Carson  River  near  Hazen,  Nev.: 

analyses  of  water  of 24-25, 139 

discharge  of 25 

Chilly  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analysis  of  water 

of  Big  Lost  River  at 142 

Clear  Lake  near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg.,  analysis 

of  water  of 145 

Cody,Wyo.: 

analysis  of  water  supply  of 144 

Shoshone  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 122-123, 140 

discharge  of 122-124 

gage  heights  of 122-123 

Colorado,  analyses  of  water  of  spring  and  well 

in 145,146 

Colorado  River  at  or  near  Yuma,  Ariz.: 

analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water  of.      150 

analyses  of  water  of 26-28, 139 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 26-28 

Conconully,  Wash.: 

analysis  of  water  of  well  at 149 

lake  near,  analysis  of  water  of 145 

Salmon  Creek  near,  analysis  of  water  of. .      144 
Scotch  Creek  near,  analysis  of  water  of. . .      144 

183 


184 


INDEX. 


Page. 
Courchesne,  Tex.,  Rio  Grande  at: 

analyses  of  water  and  discharge  of 97-101 

gage  heights  of -  -  + 97-100 

Craig  gaging  station,  Colo.,  analysis  of  water 

of  Yampa  River 142 

P. 

Dayton,  N.  Mex.,  Pecos  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 87-88, 140 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 87-88 

Derby,  Nev.,  Truckee  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 126-127, 140 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 126-127 

Dry  Creek,  Colo.,  analysis  of  water  of 142 

Dudley,  Cal. ,  analysis  of  water  of  well  at 146 

Durango,  Colo.,  Animas  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 14-15, 139 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 14-15 

E. 

Eaton,  F.  M.,  work  of 5 

Elm  Fork  of  Red  River- 
near  Mangum,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 29-36, 139, 143 

discharge  of 29-36 

gage  heights  of 29-35 

near  Salt  Springs,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

El  Paso,  Tex.,  Rio  Grande  at  or  near: 

analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water  of.      150 

analyses  of  water 97-101, 140 

discharge  of 97-101 

gage  heights 97-100 

Error,  cause  and  limit  of,  in  water  analyses. . .      168 


Fairoaks,  Cal.,  American  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 13, 139 

gage  heights,  and  discharge  of 13 

Fall  River,  Idaho,  analyses  of  water  of 142 

Feather  River  near  Oroville,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 37-38, 139 

discharge  of 37-38 

gage  heights  of 37 

Firebaugh ,  Cal. ,  analysis  of  water  of  well  at . .      146 

Fort  Custer,  Mont.,  Bighorn  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 20, 139 

discharge  of 20-21 

gage  heights  of 20 

Fort  Laramie,  Wyo.,  North  Platte  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 75-76, 140 

discharge  of 75-76 

gage  heights  of 75 

Fossil  Lake,  Oreg.,  wells  near,  analyses  of 

water  of 148 

Fremont  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analyses  of 

water  of  Fall  River,  at 142 

Fruto,  Cal.,  Stony  Creek  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 124, 140 

discharge  of 124-125 

gage  heights  of 124 

G. 
Gallinas  River  near  Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water  of 39-40, 139 

discharge  of 39-40 

gage  heights  of 39 


Page. 

Gates,  Nev.,  analysis  of  water  of  bored  well  in.      146 
Gibraltar  gaging  station,  California,  analysis 

of  water  of  Santa  Ynez  River,  at.      142 
Gila  River  near  San  Carlos,  Ariz.: 

analyses  of  water  of 41, 139 

discharge  of 42 

gage  heights  of 41 

Gimlet  gaging  station,   Idaho,   analyses  of 

water  of  Big  Wood  River  at 142 

Glendive,  Mont.: 

analysis  of  water  of  well  near 146 

Yellowstone  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 136-137, 143 

discharge  of 136-137 

gagtfheights  of 136 

Gore  Canyon,  near  Kremmling,  Colo.,  Grand 
River  at: 

analyses  of  water  and  gage  heights  of 42-43 

discharge  of 42-44 

Goshen,  Cal.,  analysis  of  water  of  well  at 146 

Grand  River — 

near  Kremmling,  Colo.: 

analyses  of  water  of 42, 43, 139 

discharge  of 42-44 

gage  heights  of  42-43 

near  Palisade,  Colo.: 

analyses  of  water  of 45, 139 

discharge  of 45-46 

gage  heights  of 45 

Granite,  Okla.,  North  Fork  of  Red  River 
near: 

analyses  of  water  of 62-68, 140 

discharge  of 62-68 

gage  heights  of 62-67 

Green  River- 
near  Green  River,  Wyo.: 

analyses  of  water  of 46-47, 139 

discharge  of 46-47 

gage  heights  of 46 

near  Jensen,  Utah: 

analyses  of  water  of 48-49,139 

discharge  of •. 48-49 

gage  heights  of 48 

Gunnison  River  near  Whitewater  Colo.: 

analyses  of  water  of 50-51, 139 

discharge  of 50-51 

gage  heights  of 50 

H. 

Hampson,  J.  A.,  work  of 5 

Havre,  Mont.,  Milk  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 59-60, 139 

discharge  of 59-60 

gage  heights  of 59 

Hawley,  O.  J.,  work  of 5 

Hazen,  Nev.,  Carson  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 24-25, 139 

discharge  of 25 

Headrick,  Okla.,  North  Fork  of  Red  River 
near: 

analyses  of  water  of 69-74, 140 

discharge  of 6St-74 

gage  heights 69-73 

UHliMium.  \V.  II..  workof 151 

Hesperus  gaging  station,  Colo.,  analyses  of 

water  of  La  Plata  River,  at 142 


INDEX. 


185 


Page. 

Highland,  Idaho,  near  Boise,  Boise  River  at: 

analyses  of  water  of 

discharge  of 22-23 

gage  heights  of 22 

Hill,  Nov.,  Carson  Lake  near,  analyses  of 

water  of 145 

Holbrook,  Ariz.,  Little  Colorado  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 55, 139 

gage  heights  and  disch  iruc  of 55 

Hondo  River  near  Roswell,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water  of 52, 139 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 52 

Hooper,  Wash.,  Palouse  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 81 , 140 

discharge  of 81-82 

gage  heights  of 81 

Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho,  Payette  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 82-83, 140 

discharge  of 82-83 

gage  heights  of 82 

I. 

Idaho,  analyses  of  water  of  wells  in 146 

Industrial  analyses  of  water,  determinations 

made  in 165-168 

Industrial  application  of  water  analyses 165-181 

Irrigation,  waters  used  lor.'. 177-179 

J. 

Jensen,  Utah,  Green  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 48-49, 139 

discharge  of 48-49 

gage  heights  of 48 

John  Day  River,  Oreg.,  analyses  of  water  of. .      143 

K. 
Klamath  Falls,  Oreg.: 

Clear  Lake  near,  analysis  of  water  of 145 

Link  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 53-55, 139 

discharge  of 53-55 

gage  heights  of 54 

Tule  Lake  near,  analysis  of  water  of 145 

Kremmling,  Colo.,  Grand  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 42-43, 139 

discharge  of 42-44 

gage  heights  of 43 

L. 
La  Grange,  Cal.,  Tuolumne  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 128, 140 

discharge  of 128-129 

gage  heights  of 128 

La  Plata  River,  Colo.,  analysis  of  water  of . . .      142 
Las  Vegas,  N.  Mex.,  Gallinas  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 39-40, 139 

discharge  of 39-40 

gage  heights  of 39 

Lime,  use  of,  for  softening  water 169-170 

Link  River  near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg.: 

analyses  of  water  of 53-54, 139 

discharge  of 53-55 

gage  heights  of 54 

Little  Colorado  River- 
near  Holbrook,  Ariz.: 

analyses  of  water  of 55, 139 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 55 


Page. 

Little  Colorado  River— Continued, 
near  Woodruff,  Ariz.: 

analyses  of  water  of 56-57, 139 

•  I  isi'hurge  of 5<>-57 

gage  heights  of 56 

Little  Snake  River,  Colo. ,  analysis  of  water  of.      142 
Little  Wood  River,  Idaho,  analysis  of  water 

of 142 

Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex.,  Sapello  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 120-121, 140 

discharge  of 122 

gage  heights 120-121 

Loughridge,  R.  H.,  on  amount  of  alkali  not 

injurious  to  crops 178 

Lyon  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analyses  of  water 

of  South  Fork  Snake  River  at. .  142-143 

M. 

Mackay  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analyses  of 

water  of  Big  Lost  River  at 142 

Malheur  River- 
near  Ontario,  Oreg.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

near  Vale,  Oreg.: 

analyses  of  water  of 58, 139 

discharge  of 59 

gage  heigh  ts  of 58 

Malott,  Wash.,  Salmon  Creek  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 111-112, 140 

discharge  of 111-112 

gage  heights  of Ill 

Mangum,  Okla.: 

Elm  Fork  of  Red  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 29-36, 139, 143 

discharge  of 29-36 

gage  heights  of 29-35 

Salt  Fork  of  Red  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 115-118, 140, 143 

discharge  of 115-118 

gage  heights  of 115-117 

Stinking  Creek  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

Marvine  Creek,  Colo. ,  analysis  of  water  of '     142 

May  bell  gaging  station,  Colo.: 

Little  Snake  River  at,  analysis  of  water 

of 142 

Yampa  River  at,  analysis  of  water  of 142 

McCreary,  P.  L.,  work  of 5 

McDonald  gaging  station,  analyses  of  water  of 

John  Day  River,  Oreg. ,  at 143 

Means,  T.  II.,  work  of 151 

Meeker   gaging  station,   Colo.,   analysis   of 

water  of  White  River  at 142 

Milk  River  near  Havre,  Mont.: 

analyses  of  water  of 59-60, 139 

discharge  of 59-60 

gage  heights  of 59 

Missouri  River  near  Williston,  N.  Dak.: 
suspended  matter  and  dissolved  solids  in 

water  of 61, 140 

discharge  of 61 

Mitchell ,  Nebr. ,  analyses  of  water  of  spring  and 

wells  near 145, 146 

Modesto,  Cal-,  Tuolumne  River  near,  dis- 
charge of 129 

Montana,  analyses  of  water  of  wells  in 140 


186 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Montgomerys  Ferry  gaging  station,  Idaho, 
analyses  of  water  of  Snake  River 

at 142 

Montrose,  Colo.: 

Dry  Creek  near,  analysis  of  water  of 142 

spring  and  well  near,  analysis  of  water 

of 145,146 

N. 

Navajo  dam  site,  near  Headrick,  Okla.,  North 
Fork  of  Red  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  and  discharge  of 69-74 

gage  heights  of. 69-73 

Navajo  pumping  station,  analyses  of  water  of 
North  Fork  of  Red  River,  Okla., 

at 143 

Nebraska,  analyses  of  water  of  springs  and 

wells  in 145,146 

Nevada,  analyses  of  water  of  wells  in 146 

Nevada  ditch  near  Ontario,  Oreg.,  analysis 

of  water  of 144 

New  Mexico,  analyses  of  water  of  springs  and 

wells  in 145, 146 

North  Dakota,  analyses  of  water  of  wells  in.  146, 147 
North  Fork  of  Red  River— 

at  Navajo  pumping  station,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

near  mouth  of  Elm  Fork,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

near  Granite,  Okia.: 

analyses  of  water  of. 62-68, 140 

discharge  of... 62-68 

gage  heights  of 62-67 

near  Headrick,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 69-74, 140 

discharge  of. 69-73 

gage  heights  of ^ 69-74 

North  Fork  of  Snake  River,  Idaho,  analyses 

of  water  of. 142 

North  Groesbeck  Creek  near  Quanah,  Tex., 

analyses  of  water  of 144 

North  Platte  River  near  Fort  Laramie,  Wyo.: 

analyses  of  water  of 75-76, 140 

discharge  of 75-76 

gage  heights  of 75 

O. 

Oklahoma,  analyses  of  water  of  wells  and  bor- 
ings in 147-148 

Olustee,  Okla.: 

Bitter  Creek  near,  analysis  of  water  of. . .      143 
Turkey  Creek  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 130-131 , 140, 143 

gage  heights  of 130-131 

Ontario,  Oreg.: 

Malheur  River  near,  analyses  of  water  of.      143 
Snake  River  near,  analyses  of  water  of —      144 
Ora  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analyses  of  water 

of  North  Fork  of  Snake  River  at.      142 
Oregon,  analyses  of  waters  of  springs  and  wells 

in 145,147-148 

Oroville,  Cal.,  Feather  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 37-38, 139 

discharge  of A.  —  37-38 

gage  heights  of 37 

Owens  Lake,  Cal.,  analysis  of  water  of 145 


Page. 

Owens  River- 
near  Round  Valley,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of. 76-78, 140 

discharge  of 76-78 

gage  heights  of. 76-77 

near  Tinemaha,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of. 79-80, 140 

discharge  of 79-80 

gage  heights  of 79 

P. 
Palisade,  Colo.,  Grand  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 45-46, 139 

discharge  of 45-46 

gage  heights  of 45 

Palouse  River  near  Hooper,  Wash.: 

analyses  of  water  of 81, 140 

discharge  of 81-82 

gage  heights  of 81 

Payette  River  near  Horseshoe  Bend,  Idaho: 

analyses  of  water  of 82-83, 140 

discharge  of 82-83 

gage  heights  of 82 

Pearce,  J.  A.,  work  of 5 

Pecos  River — 

at  Avalon  reservoir,  N.  Mex.,  analyses  of 

water  of 143 

at  Carlsbad,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water  of 84-86, 140 

discharge  of 84-86 

gage  heights  of 84-85 

near  Dayton,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water  of 87-88, 140 

discharge  of 87-88 

gage  heights  of 87 

near  Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water  of 89-90, 140 

discharge  of 89-90 

gage  heights  of 89 

Pit  River  near  Bieber,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 91-92, 140 

discharge  of 91-92 

gage  heightsof 91 

Porterville,  Cal.,  analysis  of  water  of  well  at. .      146 
Presto  gaging  station,  analysis  of  water  of 

Blackfoot  River,  Idaho,  at 142 

Puta  Creek  near  Winters,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 93-94, 140 

discharge  of 93-94 

gage  heights  of 93-94 

Q. 
Quanah,  Tex.,  North  Groesbeck  Creek  near, 

analyses  of  water  of 144 

R. 
Red  Bluff,  Cal.,  Sacramento  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 107-109, 140 

discharge  of 107-109 

gage  heights  of 107-108 

Red  River,  Elm  Fork  of— 
near  Mangum,  Okla: 

analyses  of  water  of 29-35, 139 

discharge  of 29-36 

gage  heights  of 29-35 

near  Salt  Springs,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 


INDEX. 


187 


Page. 
Red  River,  North  Fork  of— 

at  Navajo  pumping  station,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

near  mouth  of  Elm  Fork,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 143 

near  Granite,  Oklu.: 

analyses  of  water  of 62-68, 140 

disi-harge  of 

gage  heights  of "-'  87 

near  Ileadrick,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 69-74, 140 

discharge  of 69-74 

gage  heights  of 69-73 

Red  River,  Salt  Fork  of— 
near  Mangum,  Oklu.: 

analyses  of  water  of 115-118,140 

discharge  of 115-118 

gage  heights  of 115-117 

Redwater  River  near  Belle  Fourche.S.  Dak.: 

analyses  of  water  of 95-96, 140 

discharge  of 95-96 

gage  heights • 95 

Riddell,  W .  C, ,  work  of 5 

Rio  Grande: 

accuracy  of  data  and  estimates  of  dis- 
charge and  sediment  in   water 

of 162-163 

mean  annual  discharge  of  sediment  by. . .      164 
near  El  Paso,  Tex.: 

analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water 

of 150 

analyses  of  water  of •. 97-101, 140 

discharge  of 97-101 

gage  heights  of 97-100 

near  San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water 

of 150 

analyses  of  water  of. 102-105 

discharge  of 102-105 

gage  heights  of 102-104 

sediment  carried  by 151-164 

sediment-tc-water  ratio  of ,  estimates  of.  161-162 
Rio  Puerco,  influence  of,  on  water  of  Rio 

'   Grande 160 

Roosevelt,  Ariz.,  Salt  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 113-114, 140 

discharge  of 113-114 

gage  heights  of 113 

Roswell,  N.  Mex.: 
Hondo  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of  wells  near 146 

analyses  of  water  of 52, 139 

gage  heights  and  discharge  of 52 

Round  Valley,  Cal.,  Owens  River  near: 

analyses  of  water,  of 77-78, 140 

discharge  of 77-78 

gage  heights  of , 77 

S. 

Sacramento  River — 
at  Sacramento,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 110, 140 

gage  heights,  and  discharge  of 1 10 

near  Red  Bluff,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 107-108, 140 

discharge  of 107-109 

gage  heights  of. 107-108 


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St.  Anthony  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analysis 

of  water  of  Teton  River  at 143 

Salmon  Creek —     . 

at  Conconully,  Wash.,  analysis  of  water 

of 144 

near  Malott,  Wash.: 

analyses  of  water  of 111-112, 140 

discharge  of 111-112 

gage  heights  of Ill 

Salt  Draw,  Upper,  Middle,  and  Lower,  near 
Salt  Springs,  Okla.,  analyses  of 

Avuter  of 143 

Salt  Fork  of  Red  River  near  Mangum,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 115-118, 140, 143 

discharge  of 115-1  lg 

gage  heights  of : 115-117 

Salt  River  near  Roosevelt,  Ariz.: 

analyses  of  water  of 113-114, 140 

discharge  of 113-114 

gage  heights  of 113 

Salt  Springs,  Okla.,  analyses  of  water  of  Elm 

Fork  of  Red  River,  near 143 

Sampling  stations,  location  of 6-9 

San  Carlos,  Ariz.,  Gila  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 41 , 139 

discharge  of 42 

gage  heights 41 

San  Francisco  River  near  Alma,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water 1 19, 140 

discharge  of 119-120 

gage  heights 120 

San  Marcial,  N.  Mex.,  Rio  Grande  at  or  near: 

analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water  of. .      150 

analyses  of  water  of 102-105, 140 

discharge  of 102-100 

gage  heights  of ". 102-105 

water  and  sediment  in 152-1G2 

Santa  Rosa,  N.  Mex.,  Pecos  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 89-90, 140 

discharge  of 89-90 

gage  heights 89 

Santa  Ynez  River,  analysis  of  water  of 142 

Sapello  River  near  Los  Alamos,  N.  Mex.: 

analyses  of  water  of 120-121, 140 

discharge  of 122 

gage  heights  of 120-121 

Scotch  Creek  near  Conconully,  Wash.,  analy- 
sis of  water  of 144 

Shoshone  River  at  or  near  Cody,  Wyo.: 

analyses  of  water  of 122-123, 140, 144 

discharge  of 122-124 

gage  heights  of 122-123 

Smarts ville,  Cal.,  Yuba  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 137-138, 140 

discharge  of 137-138 

gage  heights 137 

Snake  River,  Idaho,  analyses  of  water  of  at 
Montgomerys  Ferry  gaging  sta- 
tion and  Starrs  Ferry 142 

Snake  River,  Oreg.,  analyses  of  water  of 144 

Snyder,  Okla.,  analyses  of  water  of  wells  and 

borings  in 147-148 

Soap-consuming  power  of  water 168-169 

Soda  ash,  use  of,  for  softening  water 169-170 

Softening  water 1G9-171 

South  Fork  of  Snake  River,  Idaho,  analyses 

of  water  of...  142 


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Page. 
Springville,  Cal.,  analysis  of  water  of  mineral 

spring  near 145 

Starrs  Ferry  gaging  station,  Idaho,  analysis  of 

water  of  Snake  River  at 142 

Steamboat  Springs  gaging  station,  Colorado, 
analysis  of  water  of  Yampa  River 

at 142 

Stinking  Creek  near  Mangum,  Okla.,  analy- 
ses of  water  of 143 

Stone,  C.  II.,  work  of 5 

Stony  Creek  near  Fruto,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 124, 140 

discharge  of 124-125 

gage  heights  of 124 

Summary  of  analyses  of  surface  waters 139-140 

Summer  Lake,  Oreg.,  Ana  River  near,  analy- 
sis of  water  of 143 

T. 

Teton  River,  Idaho,  analyses  of  water  of 143 

Tinemaha,  Cal.,  Owens  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of f 79-80,140 

discharge  of 79-80 

gage  heights 79 

Truckee  River  near  Derby,  Nev.: 

analyses  of  water  of 126-127, 140 

discharge  of 126-127 

gage  heights 126 

Tulare,  Cal.,  analysis   of    water   of  artesian 

well  at 146 

Tule  Lake  near  Klamath  Falls,  Oreg.,  analy- 
sis of  water  of 145 

Tuolumne  River — 
near  Modesto,  Cal.: 

discharge  of 129 

near  La  Grange,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 128-129, 140 

discharge  of 128, 129 

gage  heights  of 128 

Turkey  Creek  near  Olustee,  Okla.: 

analyses  of  water  of 130-131, 141, 143 

gage  heights  of 130-131 

V. 

Vale,  Oreg.,  Malheur  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 58-59, 139 

discharge  of 58-59 

gage  heights  of 58 

Vaygouny,  M.,  work  of 5 

Verde  River  near  McDowell,  Ariz.: 

analyses  of  water  of 132-133, 140 

discharge  of 132-133 

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Wagontire  Mountain,  Oreg.,  analysis  of  water 

at 143 

Water  analyses,  industrial  application  of...  165-181 

Water,  boiler,  effect  of  impurities  in 171-177 

soap-consuming  power  of 168-169 

softening  of i 169-171 

Waters,  classification  of,  use  of  formulas  for.  180-181 
irrigation 177-179 

Whitewater,  Colo.,  Gunnison  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 50-51, 139 

discharge  of 50-51 

gage  heights  of 50 

White  River,  Colo.,  analysis  of  water  of 142 

Williston,  N.  Dak.,  Missouri  River  near: 

suspended  matter  and  dissolved  solids  in  .61 , 140 
discharge  of 61 

Wilson  ditch,  Oreg.,  analysis  of  water  of. ....      144 

Winters,  Cal.,  Puta  Creek  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 93-94, 140 

discharge  of 93-94 

gage  heights  of 93 

Woodruff,  Ariz.,  Little  Colorado  River  near: 

analyses  of  water  of 56-57, 139 

discharge  of 56-57 

gage  heights  of 56 

Y. 

Yampa  River,  Colo.,  analyses  of  water  of,  at 
Craig,   Maybell,  and   Steamboat 

Springs  gaging  stations 142 

Yellowstone  River — 
near  Billings,  Mont.: 

analyses  of  water  of 134-135, 140 

discharge  of 134-136 

gage  heights  of 134 

near  Glendive,  Mont.: 

analyses  of  water  of 136-137, 140, 143 

discharge  of ]  :<ti-l37 

gage  heights  of 130 

Yuba  River  near  Smartsville,  Cal.: 

analyses  of  water  of 137-138, 140 

discharge  of 137-i:?s.  Ml) 

gage  heights  of 137 

Yuma,  Ariz.: 

analysis  of  water  of  well  at 146 

Colorado  River  at  or  near: 

analyses  of  suspended  matter  in  water 

of 150 

analyses  of  water  of 2C>  _N.  I.7.) 

discharge  of 

gage  heights  of LY;-i?7 


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